不同补贴方式对中国农村低收入家庭食物安全改善效果比较

2020年后,缓解相对贫困的长效机制将从以往的"扶贫"战略向"防贫"战略转变,亟需构建新型社会救助制度,改善农村低收入家庭的食物安全,推动长效减贫.本文基于2012-2018年中国农业科学院全国农村微观经济数据,估计了农村低收入家庭的卡路里、宏量营养素和4种关键微量营养素的收入弹性,利用所得弹性估值模拟了实现不同营养目...

Comparison of the effects of different subsidy forms on improving food security of low-income rural households in China

After 2020, the long-term mechanism to alleviate relative poverty will be transformed from the previous strategy of “poverty alleviation” to the strategy of “poverty prevention”. It is urgent to build a new social assistance system to improve food security for low-income households in rural areas and promote long-term poverty reduction. This study estimated the income elasticities of calorie, macronutrients, and four key micronutrients for low-income rural households using China’s Rural Microeconomic Data from 2012 to 2018 collected by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The obtained elasticity estimates were used to simulate the amount of cash transfers required to achieve different nutritional goals, and the conversion relationship between food and nutrition was used to simulate the amount of in-kind transfers required to achieve the nutritional goals. The results show that: (1) The income elasticities of most nutrients are small. (2)In-kind transfers can improve the food and nutrition security of low-income rural households more effectively than cash. (3) Under the condition of the same subsidy cost, the combination of staple and non-staple food can more effectively improve the nutritional balance of low-income residents. Entering the post-poverty era, China can consider establishing in-kind transfer system currently implemented by many countries (such as the United States, India, Egypt) to ensure the food and nutrition security of low-income residents and improve their nutritional balance.