The Agricultural Protection Policies of the Developed Countries and their Enlightening Points

Because agriculture itself has some weak points,the developed countries will work out some protection policies for their agriculture when their economic development has reached a certain level.These policies usually include the following:market access,price support,transfer payment,investment in public products,control of the rural eco-environmental pollution,available agricultural information and loans and insurance as well as the related research and popularization,which aims to protect the farmers'interests,the interests of the consumers of agricultural products,the rural eco-environment and the balanced regional development.The study of the agricultural protection policies of the developed countries can shed some light on the enactment of China's agricultural policies.