CAER中国农村改革40周年专题之《1978年后的中国农业组织和农民合作社的作用：过去与未来》

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改革开放四十年来中国农业和农村发展取得了巨大进展。其中农业组织制度是最活跃的创新领域之一。本文回顾了1978年以来中国各类农业组织的产生及演变过程，分析了农业组织体系的发展现状和趋势。此外，本文还讨论了农民合作社的作用。

基于统计数据和政府农业和工商部门的文献资料分析，本文认为小农经济的广泛存在、各类组织的共存以及其他组织的创新将继续并将长期保持下去。尽管现代农民和各类组织发展迅速，传统农民有效参与现代农业仍非常重要。农民以合适的方式通过合作社开展集体行动，决定了农民合作组织在农业组织体系中的核心地位。

    本文首次系统回顾了改革开放医疗中国农业组织的产生、发展状况和未来趋势。

Agricultural organizations and the role of farmer cooperatives in China since 1978: past andfuture

Zuhui Huang, Qiao Liang (pp. 48 - 64)

Keywords:China, Agricultural organization, Farmer cooperative

Type:General review

Purpose

During the past four decades, agriculture and rural development in China has scored agreat progress. Organization institution in agriculture is one of the domains with drastic innovations. The purpose of this paper is to map the emergence and evolution of various agricultural organizations in China since 1978.Development status and the trend of agricultural organization system are analyzed. Further, the role of farmer cooperatives is discussed.

Design/methodology/approach

Data used in the paper are mainly from statistical yearbooks and documents published by the government including Ministry of Agriculture and Bureau of Industry and Commercial. Both descriptive and deductive analyses are adopted to achieve different analytical purposes.

Findings

The vast small-farm sector, co-existence of various types of organizations, and innovation of other organizations will continue and sustain for a long-timeperiod in China. Despite the fast development of modern farmers and various organizations, it is important that traditional farmers participate effectively in modern agriculture. Farmers act collectively via a cooperative in adesirable way, which determines the central position of farmer cooperatives in the agricultural organization system.

Research limitations/implications

This paper is a qualitative analysis on agricultural organizations in China, yet no quantitative estimation regarding the comparison of various organizations is conducted due to insufficient data. 

Originality/value

This paper fills the gap of a comprehensive review of the emergence, development status, and trend of agricultural organizations in China.

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