Growth and Equity Effects of Agricultural Marketing Efficiency Gains in India

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英文名称：

Growth and Equity Effects of Agricultural Marketing Efficiency Gains in India

作者：

Maurice L; es; Mary E. Burfisher

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=46332

关键词：

India;  agriculture;  policy reform;  marketing efficiency;  tariffs;  subsidies;  households;  computable general equilibrium model; 

年份：

2009

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

43 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

Agriculture is the largest source of employment in India, and food accounts for about half of consumer expenditures. Moving agricultural products from the farm to consumers more efficiently could result in large gains to producers, consumers, and India's overall economy. This analysis uses a computable general equilibrium model with agricultural commodity detail and households disaggregated by rural, urban, and income class to study the potential impacts of reforms that achieve efficiency gains in agricultural marketing and reduce agricultural input subsidies and import tariffs. More efficient agricultural marketing generates economywide gains in output and wages, raises agricultural producer prices, reduces consumer food prices, and increases private consumption, particularly by low-income households. These gains could help to offset some of the medium-term adjustment costs for some commodity markets and households associated with reducing agricultural subsidies and tariffs.