Performance Analysis of the Subsidy for the Agricultural Machinery Purchase in Guangdong Province

WU Jian-hui

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1008-2697.2013.10.001

Abstract：This article outlines the implementation of the Subsidy for the Agricultural Machinery Purchase in Guangdong Province. The research group, organized by the Department of Agriculture of Guangdong Province and the College of Economics and Management of South China Agricultural University, has carried out a questionnaire investigation about the Subsidy for the Agricultural Machinery Purchase in six cities in Guangdong province. They are Shaoguan, Qingyuan, Meizhou, Heyuan, Zhanjiang and Maoming. We have 433 valid questionnaires. We ifnd that the elderly are predominant in the farming labor force in rural areas, and most farmers are poorly educated;most farmers get information of the subsidy policy through three main ways:grass-roots cadres, friends or neighbors, andTV and newspapers and periodicals;the subsidy funds that the farmers obtained vary from different kinds of agricultural machineries;the main reason that the farmers buy the machinery is a lack of labor force at home, and then the working efifciency, the convenience, and the necessity of the farm machinery. In general, the vast majority of farmers believe that the policy plays a signiifcant role in promoting the agricultural production, but the prices of machinery for farmers are still high;the application procedure is somewhat cumbersome. Meanwhile, the farmers believe that the main shortcoming existed in the Grain Subsidy is the price of the farm machinery. This study suggests to reduce the price, increase the subsidy funds and strengthen after-sales maintenance services.