Agricultural Price-Supporting Measures in Foreign Countries

Report Introduction: Government intervention for the purpose of enabling farmers to obtain higher and more dependable prices for their products has been an outstanding feature of the world agricultural situation in recent years. Historically speaking, such intervention is by no means a recent development; its lineage runs back far into the past. Such familiar devices as tariffs and bounties on agricultural and other products are centuries old. By 1914, moreover, there had been a considerable growth of other and more far-reaching types of activity, both private and governmental, involving systematic and organized efforts to enhance returns from the sale of farm products. Governments had been endeavoring increasingly to influence or control production, trade, and prices; and some progress had been made also in the field of cooperative organization of producers.

报告引言：为助力农户获取更高且更稳定可靠的农产品售价而实施的政府干预，近年来已成为全球农业发展格局中的鲜明特征。从历史维度审视，这类干预绝非新近诞生的事物，其历史渊源可追溯至久远的过去。诸如对农产品及其他品类征收关税、发放补贴这类为人熟知的调控手段，至今已有数百年历史。此外，至1914年时，公私领域内涌现出更多影响更为深远的各类活动，这些活动均围绕系统化、有组织的工作展开，旨在提升农产品的销售收益。各国政府正愈发积极地试图影响乃至管控农业生产、贸易与价格；与此同时，在生产者合作组织领域也取得了一定进展。