| Agricultural Support, Farm Land Values and Sectoral Adjustment: The Implications for Policy Reform Contributor(s): OECD Publishing (Author) |
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ISBN: 9264031723 ISBN-13: 9789264031722 Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development OUR PRICE: $31.35 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - General |
| Dewey: 333.731 |
| LCCN: 2008420660 |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 8.25" W x 11" (0.63 lbs) 120 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Governments intervene in the agricultural sector through policies that both support and shape agricultural production. This leads to two important outcomes. First, agriculture specific programmes intended to increase the welfare of farmers - whether through commodity prices, input subsidies, or direct cash transfers - can become capitalised into asset values. These higher asset values translate to increased wealth for current sector participants, but the resulting higher cost structure can have deleterious effects. Second, many policies, in particular regulatory ones, reduce asset mobility -the ease with which capital, land, labour and other inputs are transferred between different economic activities. This results in reduced economic efficiency due a sub-optimal allocation of resources, and can potentially further exacerbate the capitalisation phenomena. This study focuses on the capitalisation of government support into land rents and prices. It assesses the consequences of inflated asset values, and suggests lessons for future policy making. |