Farm sector restructuring in Belarus : progress and constraints

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Farm sector restructuring in Belarus : progress and constraints, Volume 1

Author:	Csaki, Csaba; Lerman, Zvi; Sotnikov, Sergey;	Collection Title:	World Bank technical paper ; no. WTP 475. Europe and Central Asia environmentally and socially sustainable development series
Country:	Belarus;	Date Stored:	2002/10/22
Document Date:	2000/08/31	Document Type:	Publication
ISBN:	ISBN 0-8213-4792-6	Language:	English
Major Sector:	Agriculture, fishing, and forestry	Region:	Europe and Central Asia
Report Number:	WTP475	Sub Sectors:	(Historic)Other agriculture
SubTopics:	Environmental Economics & Policies; Crops and Crop Management Systems; Livestock and Animal Husbandry; Banks & Banking Reform; Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems	Volume No:	1

Summary: A farm-level survey was carried out in Belarus in the second half of 1999, providing a detailed examination of changes in the three main components of the farming sector - large farm enterprises, households of farm employees, and independent private farms. The report provides a description and analysis of the survey findings (Chapter 3-7), preceded by a general discussion of relevant policy and legal issues (Chapter 1-2). The report concludes with a review of reform experiences in other countries in the region, and suggests specific lessons that Belarus can learn from the regional experience (Chapter 8). The report suggests as a minimum a reform program should address the following five critical issues: 1) Drastic reduction of government intervention in agriculture, including abolition of price controls and procurement quotas; 2) allocation of secure land use rights to individuals instead of collectives, allowing freedom of choice in disposition of these rights; 3) ensuring transferability of use rights in land with the aim of achieving improved productivity and efficiency; 4) ensuring that farm enterprises undergo deep internal restructuring of their operations and accept pure business objectives based on profitability and productivity; and 5) adoption of a coherent debt settlement program for farm enterprises that undergo genuine restructuring and introduction of hard budget constraints with a tangible threat of bankruptcy for farms that default on new debt.


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