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ReviewFrontiers in nutrition2025

The Minimum Purchase Price policy in China and wheat production efficiency: a historical review, mechanisms of action, and policy implications.

Yangyang Chen, Ming Cheng

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Review in Frontiers in nutrition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Yangyang ChenCollege of Economics and Management, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China.
Ming ChengZhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Hangzhou, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study addresses challenges in China's staple grain production efficiency by examining the impact of the Minimum Purchase Price policy (MPP) on wheat production efficiency from the perspective of price support. First, relevant literature on price intervention policies is collected, summarized, and organized. This paper reviews previous research findings on the effects of the Minimum Purchase Price policy, social welfare implications, pricing studies, and comparative analyses of wheat production efficiency. Second, the study outlines the development of the Minimum Purchase Price policy and wheat production efficiency, and theoretically analyzes the mechanism by which the policy influences production efficiency. Finally, four recommendations for enhancing grain policy and improving wheat production efficiency in China are proposed: a focus on balanced macroeconomic development and coordinated efficiency, accelerating the allocation of production factors to unlock wheat production's potential, fostering a conducive external social environment for industrial integration, and optimizing the Minimum Purchase Price policy to maximize its benefits.

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development historygrain yieldmechanisms of actionMinimum Purchase Price policywheat production efficiency

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PMID40177187
PMCPMC11961431

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