Research On Price Intervention In Fertilizer Market Of China

This paper first clarifies the background and significance of researching the price intervention in the fertilizer market of China and systematically introduces the importance of fertilizer in agricultural production and the influence of fluctuation in fertilizer price on agriculture development and production. Then a theoretical analysis is given to find the reasons of price intervention. On one side, according to the theory of "agriculture development stage", the agriculture development in China is entering a transformation stage from industry supported by agriculture to industry nurturing agriculture;on the other side, sometimes the fertilizer market doesn't work properly, so it's very necessary to give a proper price intervention in fertilizer market.On the basis of summarizing the lessons and experience of the price regulation in fertilizer market in China, and of other countries' experience of price intervention in fertilizer market for reference, this paper draws a conclusion of the direction of price intervention in the fertilizer market, that is on the premise of insisting the direction of marketization reformation to give proper intervention in the fertilizer market price. Trying to make price bring resource allocation into efficient play and avoid the harm by the violent price fluctuation in fertilizer market to farmers and agriculture development, which will help the fertilizer market of China find a healthy way of development.