Zhejiang Agricultural Structural Change In The Food Market-oriented Reform Process And Policy Research

In 2001, by canceling grain quota, extending the agricultural production decision power to the local farmers and orienting the farmers to the market needs, Zhejiang province took the lead in carrying out the grain market reform. So it is of great importance to research on the effects of such grain market reform policy. The paper will briefly reviews the basis of the grain reform policy and then analyzes the historical process in the change of the agricultural structure. After econometrical analysis on the effects of the reform and the cost-based comparative analysis on the advantage of the main crop in Zhejiang province, we conclude with some advice on optimizing the agricultural structure in the district.The section one summarizes the domestic and foreign researches on the changes of agricultural structure. The following section then elaborate on the agricultural reform process and reviews the main parts of the agricultural policy reform and the corresponding effects.The section 3 introduces the background of the agricultural reform policy in the nation. We then emphasize the characteristics of the agricultural structure in Zhejiang province.The section 4 analyzes the effects of the reform on the crop production in Zhejiang province theoretically and empirically. The parameter in our empirical analysis proves that the grain reform in Zhejiang province causes the acreages decreases.Based on the DRCC analysis, the section 5 analyzes the comparative advantage of the main crops in the Zhejiang province as compared to the whole nation, we prove that:(1) As compared to other provinces in China, Zhejiang province lacks the advantages of the production of the main crop;(2) there exists great differences in the crop production of different districts in Zhejiang provinces;(3) as far as the rice and cereals are concerned, some districts in Zhejiang province is of certain advantages.Based on the above analysis, we conclude with some advice on the policy reform. We may further decrease the acreages of grains, accelerate the renovation process of new crop breeds and implement standard agricultural management in order to optimize the agricultural structure in Zhejiang province.