Agricultural Organizations in Transition Economies

在这项研究中，农业生产效率的决定因素进行了审查。政策影响是根据对东欧、中欧和中亚数据的统计分析得出的结果得出的。本研究的主要成果如下：首先，对转型经济体农业发展的相关文献进行了综述。农业市场自由化和生产、销售和加工组织私有化程度的不同，在农业绩效方面产生了广泛的差异，这一事实通过这次审查得到了证实。建立了数据库，以便进行统计分析。第三，使用回归分析确定了私人农场业绩差异的决定因素。在这两个经济体中，私营农场被证实对价格敏感。研究发现，教育等非经济变量是解释农业生产中经济活动差异的重要因素，投入和产出市场的扭曲是转型经济体农业生产者非利润最大化行为的原因。第四，从这些分析中得出政策含义。第五，在1999年日本农业经济协会会议、国际农场管理协会第12届大会和1999年欧洲农业经济协会会议上撰写并提交了研究论文。

In this study, determinants of the efficiency in agricultural production have been examined. Policy implications were derived based upon the findings from statistical analyses of the data from Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia. The followings are what I have achieved through this research project.First, I surveyed the existing literature on the topics of agricultural development in transition economies. The fact that the difference in the extent of the liberalization of agricultural markets and privatization of production, marketing and processing organizations has produced a wide range of the diversity in the performance of agriculture was confirmed through this reviewSecond, a set of cross-sectional data was obtained from Hungary and Uzbekistan, respectively. A database was created in order to perform statistical analyses.Third, determinants of the difference in the performance of private farms were identified using regression analyses. Private farms were confirmed to be price responsive in these two economies. Non-economic variables such as education were found to be the important factors in explaining the difference in economic activities in agricultural production, Distortions in input and output markets were found to be a blame for non-profit maximizing behavior of agricultural producers in transition economies.Fourth, policy implicaations were derived from these analyses. The policy need for lowering market distortions was identified.Fifth, research papers were written and presented at the 1999 Agricultural Economics Association of Japan's meeting, the 12th Congress of the International Farm Management Association and the 1999 European Agricultural Economics Associatioris meetings.