Changes in Agricultural Markets in Transition Economies

William Liefert ; Johan Swinnen

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: Russia;    Ukraine;    former soviet union;    central and eastern European countries;    transition economies;    agricultural production;    livestock sector;    food consumption;    trade;    policy reform;    productivity;   

RP-ID  :  AER-806

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

The report examines how economic reform in the transition countries of the former Soviet bloc has transformed the volume and mix of these countries' agricultural production, consumption, and trade. The report concludes that output decline has been an inevitable part of market reform and that the main goal of agricultural policy in the transition countries should not be to return output to pre-reform levels but rather to increase the productivity of input use.