What hinders the growth of farmers' income

Introduction: the general office of the State Council announced several measures to support the development of poultry industry The mainland media published this year's "No.1 Document" of the Communist Party of China This is the first time that the Communist Party of China has issued a special document on the issue of increasing farmers' income since it took power It can be seen that the seriousness of this problem and the degree of concern of the central government Since the late 1980s, the growth rate of farmers' income has gradually slowed down After entering the 1990s, this trend is more obvious From 1997 to last year, the average annual growth level of per capita net income of farmers was only 4%, while the average annual growth of per capita disposable income of urban residents in the same period was 8% The income gap between urban and rural residents expanded from less than 2:1 in the mid-1980s to more than 3:1 at present This has not only seriously affected the enthusiasm of farmers for production, but also resulted in the lack of consumption pulling power for the overall economic development due to the continuous weak purchasing power of more than 60% of the population This is the most troublesome problem facing the mainland economy at present At the beginning of reform and opening up, farmers' income increased rapidly, mainly because farmers had the right to contract management, and then the price of agricultural products increased significantly, and the development of rural industry was encouraged When these policies are gradually digested, and the new policies are not timely introduced, the development of rural economy and the improvement of farmers' income level will obviously slow down Increasing farmers' income involves many institutional problems In summary, there are three most prominent problems First of all, from the rural point of view, the farmers' production autonomy has not been fully implemented, and the farmers have not yet full rights to arrange their own production according to the level of various product profits Especially in some major grain producing areas, farmers still have to continue to grow grain no matter how high the prices of vegetables, fruits, poultry or other agricultural products are on the market KXA looks again at the junction of rural and urban areas The selling price of agricultural products into the city has been closely monitored Last year, when the price of grain and oil rose, there was a panic in the city, asking the government to take measures to curb the price of grain and oil In fact, the price of grain and oil is much lower than that seven years ago According to statistics, in 2002, the average expenditure of each urban resident on food, oil, meat and vegetables was 43 yuan less than that in 1996, while the per capita income of urban residents increased by more than 3000 yuan in the same period In this year, the Engel coefficient, which reflects the ratio of family food expenditure to total income, has plummeted from 46% in the previous year to 37% in cities and towns The media in the mainland hailed this as a symbol of the obvious improvement of people's living standards In fact, the decline was so large that it was obviously not in line with the law of economic operation, indicating that the interests of farmers had been violated From the perspective of cities, migrant workers are still discriminated in many aspects Just take the case of the boss's salary arrears, which was widely reported in the mainland years ago, for example What these bosses owe is basically the salary of migrant workers, but they dare not owe the salary of the city people The production and living conditions of the peasants in the city are quite low In terms of labor security, vocational training, children's education, etc., the treatment is unfair, and there are many fees and inspections Now more than 1 / 3 of the rural labor force has been transferred to non-agricultural industries Nearly half of the income of farmers comes from non-agricultural industries Hundreds of millions of farmers come to cities Their income level is directly related to the level of farmers' income KXA's "No.1 Document" of the Communist Party of China also addressed the above three issues Facts have proved that increasing farmers' income is not only a rural problem, but also a rural and urban problem.