Institutional contributions to agricultural producer price stability

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 1 Institutional instruments of price stabilisation

Instrument	Performer	Switzerland			Russia
Instrument	Performer	2004–2007	2008–2013	2014–2019	2004–2007	2008–2013	2014–2019
Exceptional interventions (purchasing interventions or quotas)	Government	Sugar beets, milk	Sugar beets	Sugar beets	No	Selected grains	Selected grains, milk
Flexible tariff rate quotas	Government	Vegetables, fruits	Vegetables, fruits	Vegetables, Fruits	No	No	No
Price recommendations	Producer organisations	Vegetables, fruits, milk, potatoes	Vegetables, fruits, milk, potatoes, selected grains	Vegetables, fruits, milk, potatoes, selected grains	No	No	No
Supply chain integration (supply nets)	Actors	All	All	All	No	Sugar beets, wheat, sunflowers	Sugar beets, wheat, sunflowers
Large-scale agriculture (agro-holding)	Actors	No	No	No	No	Pork, poultry, eggs, wheat, sunflowers, sugar beets	Pork, poultry, eggs, wheat, sunflowers, sugar beets
Dominance of small and medium farms in production	Actors	All	All	All	All	Milk, potatoes, grains (excl. wheat and sunflowers)	Milk, potatoes, grains, grains (excl. wheat and sunflowers)
Investment subsidies	Government	No	No	No	No	Meat production	Meat production
Producer prices above world prices	All	All	All	All	Milk, beef	Milk, beef	Milk, beef
Sector liberalisation	Government	No	Milk trade with EU	Milk trade with EU	All	All	Grains, eggs, coffee, tea, spices
Specialisation	All	Beef, milk	Beef, milk	Beef, milk	No	Feed wheat, sunflowers, sugar beet	Feed wheat, sunflowers, sugar beet