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ArticleHeliyon2024

An analysis of the effect of agriculture subsidies on technical efficiency: Evidence from rapeseed production in China.

Fuxing Liu, Muhammad Aamir Shahzad, Zhongchao Feng, Lianfen Wang, Juan He

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Fuxing LiuCollege of Economics & Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Muhammad Aamir ShahzadSchool of Economics and Trade, Hunan University, Shijiachong, Yuelu District, Changsha City, Hunan Province, 410079, China.
Zhongchao FengCollege of Economics & Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Lianfen WangSchool of Economics and Trade, Hunan University, Shijiachong, Yuelu District, Changsha City, Hunan Province, 410079, China.
Juan HeCollege of Economics & Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.

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Abstract

This study was conducted to examine the effects of agricultural subsidies on the technical efficiency of agricultural production technology and on factor input. It utilized a random frontier production function, instrumental variable method, and threshold regression model. The data used for this analysis consisted of 609 field yield measurements from the National Rapeseed Industry Technology System in 2020. The findings indicate that agricultural subsidies have a substantial impacts and it increases the technical efficiency of production process. Specifically, these subsidies encourage the use of land resources while inhibiting the use of chemical fertilizers. However, this does not have a significant effect on the utilization of labor and capital resources. Furthermore, the impact of agricultural subsidies on production technology efficiency varies depending on the scale of the farming operation. The subsidies significantly enhance the production technology efficiency of farmers with a business scale of less than 0.67 ha, but do not significantly improve the production technology efficiency of farmers with a business scale exceeding 0.67 ha. To optimize the effectiveness of agricultural subsidy policy, three methods and recommendations are proposed: increasing the overall amount of subsidies, expanding and diversifying the types of subsidies, and refining the process of disbursing subsidies.

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Agricultural subsidiesFactor inputProduction technology efficiencyRapeseedStochastic frontier production function

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PMID39044978
PMCPMC11263720

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