Zvi Lerman
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 188746 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Zvi Lerman |
| PRENOMES | Zvi |
| SOBRENOME | Lerman |
| ASSINATURA | LERMAN Z |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6865-8429 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 100 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1991 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Understanding the impact mechanisms of China's Rural homestead transfer policy on household welfare
Impact of Chinese Agribusiness Entrepreneurs on the Local Land Market in the Russian Far East
Chinese originally migrated to the Russian Far East (RFE) to fill a labor shortage on collective farms. In more recent decades, some Chinese migrants have chosen to lease land from Russian farmers to manage their own farms. Rising soybean prices and the trade war between China and the United States have increased demand for land capable of producing soybeans. Thus, Chinese farmers in the RFE compete for land with Russians. The Chinese also contri…
Russian agriculture
"Round Table "Assessment of Structural Changes in Agriculture
The round table on the "Assessment of structural changes in agriculture: Methodological approaches and estimated results" was held under the leadership of Natalia Ivanovna Shagaida, head of the Center for Agro-Food Policy
Transition to smallholder agriculture in Central Asia
The article reviews the development of smallholder farming in Central Asia's former Soviet republics. One of the striking features of the agricultural transition in Central Asia (and Commonwealth of Independent States [CIS] in general) is the dramatic shift, since 1992, from the predominance of large corporate farms to individual or family agriculture based on a spectrum of small farms. Evidence shows that individualization of agriculture is asso…
Agricultural policy in Russia and WTO accession
This article analyzes the implications of World Trade Organization (WTO) accession for Russian agricultural policy. Using Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data on producer support from 2010, we identify two major characteristics of Russian agricultural and trade policy (a) reliance on sizeable differences between world and domestic prices to generate two-thirds of agricultural producer support and (b) highly distortio…
Agricultural Development and Household Incomes in Central Asia
Two noted specialists on the agricultural economies of the former Soviet Union examine the effects of land reform on agricultural production and the income of rural house-holds in Tajikistan. The authors utilize official government statistics to discern trends of agricultural output at the national level, and the results of three extensive surveys conducted in 2007-2008 (N > 2,000) and one in 2003 (N = 4,000 respondents) by international organiza…
Agricultural Development in Central Asia
A noted international economist specializing in agricultural development in the countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe presents the results of a survey of 797 dekhan (relatively small) and 803 peasant (larger) farms in Uzbekistan, conducted from August 2007 to May 2008. After analyzing the legislative framework for the country's agrarian reform, the author focuses on its impact on land holdings and the livestock economy (particul…
Productivity and Efficiency of Small and Large Farms in Transition
Transition to market-oriented agriculture has been characterized in all the CIS countries by a massive shift from large-scale "agricultural enterprises" to small family farms. The comparative efficiency of these two categories of farms is thus a topical issue for agriculture in transition counties. This article uses national agricultural statistics for Moldova for 1990-2006 and cross-section data from three farm surveys conducted in 2000-2003 to …
Diversification of rural incomes and non-farm rural employment
The results of a rural survey in two Russian regions demonstrate that agriculture is no longer the main source of income for rural families. Rural families are diversifiers, earning non-agricultural income through both non-agricultural wage employment and non-farm self-employment. The rural population is risk-averse, preferring the relative security of wage employment to individual entrepreneurship. Although all respondents would like to earn mor…
Land policies and agricultural land markets in Russia
The Impact of Land Reform on Rural Household Incomes in Transcaucasia
An agricultural economist specializing in the countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU) assesses changes in land use and their impact on rural incomes in Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. The paper compares developments in these countries with core CIS (Russia, Ukraine) and Central Asian states of the FSU. The author's premise—that agricultural growth, and hence higher well-being of the rural population are positively linked to individualization…
Land consolidation as a factor for rural development in Moldova
This article draws on data from several recent surveys in Moldova to examine the question of land consolidation within the process of agrarian reform. It suggests that larger individually owned farms produce higher family incomes than smaller ones and thus farm augmentation makes a positive contribution to the well being of the rural population. Also, for farms of a given size, productivity increases as the number of parcels decreases. The articl…
Why Nicaraguan Peasants Stay in Agricultural Production Cooperatives
Despite the official support for parcellation of agricultural production cooperatives created under the Sandinista land reform in Nicaragua, a substantial number of peasants have decided to continue membership. Although theory suggests that individual farms are more productive and more efficient, Nicaraguan cooperatives did not fully split up. We aim to identify the factors that govern the choice of Nicaraguan peasants between staying in a cooper…
Institutional Changes in Turkmenistan's Agriculture
Two agricultural economists examine the impact of a series of institutional changes during the 1990s on patterns of land ownership, farm income, crop specialization, and overall agricultural output in Turkmenistan. More specifically, the changes investigated entail the distribution of state-held irrigated land to private plots in 1990-1992, allocation of land to independent private farmers in 1993-1996, and the conversion of collective and state …
The Agricultural Sector of Slovakia on the Eve of EU Accession
A team of economists surveys Slovakia's agriculture, which continues to exhibit mediocre performance on the eve of that country's accession to the European Union. The paper, utilizing national statistics as well as financial data collected from 1,200 corporate and 850 individual farms, evaluates the country's current agricultural policies, which emphasize self-sufficiency and state intervention, reflecting a weak political commitment to marketbas…
Agricultural Output and Productivity in the Former Soviet Republics
The paper reviews agricultural development in the fifteen former Soviet republics over the period 1965-1998. Production functions are estimated and productivity differences and changes calculated. Large differences were found in terms of productivity and growth between the republics. The differences grew after 1990 reflecting variation in reform policies
Land and Farm Structure in Transition
This paper examines the relationship between size of land holding and family income, based on a recent survey of rural households in Poland. In general, the results indicate a positive relationship between income and size of land holdings, suggesting that successful Polish farmers are expanding their farm holdings through land market transactions. Constraints to efficient functioning of these land markets in Poland are investigated as well, which…
Moldova
Land reform efforts in Moldova have smoothed out the bipolar dual farm structure that characterized socialist agriculture. In addition to very small household plots and very large collectives, Moldova now has many farms of many sizes, with a variety of crops and ownership structures
Russia’s Legal Framework for Land Reform and Farm Restructuring
Although Russia’s land reform has resulted in a decline in the amount of agricultural land owned by the state, most land is now owned by enterprises or collectives rather than individuals. This is in contrast to developments in East Central Europe, where a large proportion of agricultural land is privately owned but collectively managed
Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Ukraine
Under legislation adopted in 1992, Ukrainian law recongnizes private ownership of agricultural land, as well as collective and state ownership. Also in 1992, a program to transfer land from state ownership to collective and individual ownership was initiated on a large scale, along with procedures to restructure collective and state farms. The transfer of land ownership and restructuring of traditional farms create opportunities for private farmi…
Recent Experience with Cooperative Farm Credit in Israel
Land policies and agricultural land markets in Russia
Diversification of rural incomes and non-farm rural employment
The results of a rural survey in two Russian regions demonstrate that agriculture is no longer the main source of income for rural families. Rural families are diversifiers, earning non-agricultural income through both non-agricultural wage employment and non-farm self-employment. The rural population is risk-averse, preferring the relative security of wage employment to individual entrepreneurship. Although all respondents would like to earn mor…
Land consolidation as a factor for rural development in Moldova
This article draws on data from several recent surveys in Moldova to examine the question of land consolidation within the process of agrarian reform. It suggests that larger individually owned farms produce higher family incomes than smaller ones and thus farm augmentation makes a positive contribution to the well being of the rural population. Also, for farms of a given size, productivity increases as the number of parcels decreases. The articl…
Transition to smallholder agriculture in Central Asia
The article reviews the development of smallholder farming in Central Asia's former Soviet republics. One of the striking features of the agricultural transition in Central Asia (and Commonwealth of Independent States [CIS] in general) is the dramatic shift, since 1992, from the predominance of large corporate farms to individual or family agriculture based on a spectrum of small farms. Evidence shows that individualization of agriculture is asso…
Why Nicaraguan Peasants Stay in Agricultural Production Cooperatives
Despite the official support for parcellation of agricultural production cooperatives created under the Sandinista land reform in Nicaragua, a substantial number of peasants have decided to continue membership. Although theory suggests that individual farms are more productive and more efficient, Nicaraguan cooperatives did not fully split up. We aim to identify the factors that govern the choice of Nicaraguan peasants between staying in a cooper…
Productivity and Efficiency of Small and Large Farms in Transition
Transition to market-oriented agriculture has been characterized in all the CIS countries by a massive shift from large-scale "agricultural enterprises" to small family farms. The comparative efficiency of these two categories of farms is thus a topical issue for agriculture in transition counties. This article uses national agricultural statistics for Moldova for 1990-2006 and cross-section data from three farm surveys conducted in 2000-2003 to …
The Impact of Land Reform on Rural Household Incomes in Transcaucasia
An agricultural economist specializing in the countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU) assesses changes in land use and their impact on rural incomes in Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. The paper compares developments in these countries with core CIS (Russia, Ukraine) and Central Asian states of the FSU. The author's premise—that agricultural growth, and hence higher well-being of the rural population are positively linked to individualization…
Agricultural Output and Productivity in the Former Soviet Republics
The paper reviews agricultural development in the fifteen former Soviet republics over the period 1965-1998. Production functions are estimated and productivity differences and changes calculated. Large differences were found in terms of productivity and growth between the republics. The differences grew after 1990 reflecting variation in reform policies
Agricultural policy in Russia and WTO accession
This article analyzes the implications of World Trade Organization (WTO) accession for Russian agricultural policy. Using Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data on producer support from 2010, we identify two major characteristics of Russian agricultural and trade policy (a) reliance on sizeable differences between world and domestic prices to generate two-thirds of agricultural producer support and (b) highly distortio…
Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Ukraine
Under legislation adopted in 1992, Ukrainian law recongnizes private ownership of agricultural land, as well as collective and state ownership. Also in 1992, a program to transfer land from state ownership to collective and individual ownership was initiated on a large scale, along with procedures to restructure collective and state farms. The transfer of land ownership and restructuring of traditional farms create opportunities for private farmi…
Understanding the impact mechanisms of China's Rural homestead transfer policy on household welfare
Russian agriculture
Agricultural Development in Central Asia
A noted international economist specializing in agricultural development in the countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe presents the results of a survey of 797 dekhan (relatively small) and 803 peasant (larger) farms in Uzbekistan, conducted from August 2007 to May 2008. After analyzing the legislative framework for the country's agrarian reform, the author focuses on its impact on land holdings and the livestock economy (particul…
Institutional Changes in Turkmenistan's Agriculture
Two agricultural economists examine the impact of a series of institutional changes during the 1990s on patterns of land ownership, farm income, crop specialization, and overall agricultural output in Turkmenistan. More specifically, the changes investigated entail the distribution of state-held irrigated land to private plots in 1990-1992, allocation of land to independent private farmers in 1993-1996, and the conversion of collective and state …
Land and Farm Structure in Transition
This paper examines the relationship between size of land holding and family income, based on a recent survey of rural households in Poland. In general, the results indicate a positive relationship between income and size of land holdings, suggesting that successful Polish farmers are expanding their farm holdings through land market transactions. Constraints to efficient functioning of these land markets in Poland are investigated as well, which…
Russia’s Legal Framework for Land Reform and Farm Restructuring
Although Russia’s land reform has resulted in a decline in the amount of agricultural land owned by the state, most land is now owned by enterprises or collectives rather than individuals. This is in contrast to developments in East Central Europe, where a large proportion of agricultural land is privately owned but collectively managed
Impact of Chinese Agribusiness Entrepreneurs on the Local Land Market in the Russian Far East
Chinese originally migrated to the Russian Far East (RFE) to fill a labor shortage on collective farms. In more recent decades, some Chinese migrants have chosen to lease land from Russian farmers to manage their own farms. Rising soybean prices and the trade war between China and the United States have increased demand for land capable of producing soybeans. Thus, Chinese farmers in the RFE compete for land with Russians. The Chinese also contri…
The Agricultural Sector of Slovakia on the Eve of EU Accession
A team of economists surveys Slovakia's agriculture, which continues to exhibit mediocre performance on the eve of that country's accession to the European Union. The paper, utilizing national statistics as well as financial data collected from 1,200 corporate and 850 individual farms, evaluates the country's current agricultural policies, which emphasize self-sufficiency and state intervention, reflecting a weak political commitment to marketbas…
Moldova
Land reform efforts in Moldova have smoothed out the bipolar dual farm structure that characterized socialist agriculture. In addition to very small household plots and very large collectives, Moldova now has many farms of many sizes, with a variety of crops and ownership structures
Recent Experience with Cooperative Farm Credit in Israel
Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Ukraine
Under legislation adopted in 1992, Ukrainian law recongnizes private ownership of agricultural land, as well as collective and state ownership. Also in 1992, a program to transfer land from state ownership to collective and individual ownership was initiated on a large scale, along with procedures to restructure collective and state farms. The transfer of land ownership and restructuring of traditional farms create opportunities for private farmi…
Russia’s Legal Framework for Land Reform and Farm Restructuring
Although Russia’s land reform has resulted in a decline in the amount of agricultural land owned by the state, most land is now owned by enterprises or collectives rather than individuals. This is in contrast to developments in East Central Europe, where a large proportion of agricultural land is privately owned but collectively managed
Land and Farm Structure in Transition
This paper examines the relationship between size of land holding and family income, based on a recent survey of rural households in Poland. In general, the results indicate a positive relationship between income and size of land holdings, suggesting that successful Polish farmers are expanding their farm holdings through land market transactions. Constraints to efficient functioning of these land markets in Poland are investigated as well, which…
Moldova
Land reform efforts in Moldova have smoothed out the bipolar dual farm structure that characterized socialist agriculture. In addition to very small household plots and very large collectives, Moldova now has many farms of many sizes, with a variety of crops and ownership structures
The Agricultural Sector of Slovakia on the Eve of EU Accession
A team of economists surveys Slovakia's agriculture, which continues to exhibit mediocre performance on the eve of that country's accession to the European Union. The paper, utilizing national statistics as well as financial data collected from 1,200 corporate and 850 individual farms, evaluates the country's current agricultural policies, which emphasize self-sufficiency and state intervention, reflecting a weak political commitment to marketbas…
Agricultural Output and Productivity in the Former Soviet Republics
The paper reviews agricultural development in the fifteen former Soviet republics over the period 1965-1998. Production functions are estimated and productivity differences and changes calculated. Large differences were found in terms of productivity and growth between the republics. The differences grew after 1990 reflecting variation in reform policies
Institutional Changes in Turkmenistan's Agriculture
Two agricultural economists examine the impact of a series of institutional changes during the 1990s on patterns of land ownership, farm income, crop specialization, and overall agricultural output in Turkmenistan. More specifically, the changes investigated entail the distribution of state-held irrigated land to private plots in 1990-1992, allocation of land to independent private farmers in 1993-1996, and the conversion of collective and state …
Why Nicaraguan Peasants Stay in Agricultural Production Cooperatives
Despite the official support for parcellation of agricultural production cooperatives created under the Sandinista land reform in Nicaragua, a substantial number of peasants have decided to continue membership. Although theory suggests that individual farms are more productive and more efficient, Nicaraguan cooperatives did not fully split up. We aim to identify the factors that govern the choice of Nicaraguan peasants between staying in a cooper…
The Impact of Land Reform on Rural Household Incomes in Transcaucasia
An agricultural economist specializing in the countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU) assesses changes in land use and their impact on rural incomes in Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. The paper compares developments in these countries with core CIS (Russia, Ukraine) and Central Asian states of the FSU. The author's premise—that agricultural growth, and hence higher well-being of the rural population are positively linked to individualization…
Land consolidation as a factor for rural development in Moldova
This article draws on data from several recent surveys in Moldova to examine the question of land consolidation within the process of agrarian reform. It suggests that larger individually owned farms produce higher family incomes than smaller ones and thus farm augmentation makes a positive contribution to the well being of the rural population. Also, for farms of a given size, productivity increases as the number of parcels decreases. The articl…
Land policies and agricultural land markets in Russia
Agricultural Development in Central Asia
A noted international economist specializing in agricultural development in the countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe presents the results of a survey of 797 dekhan (relatively small) and 803 peasant (larger) farms in Uzbekistan, conducted from August 2007 to May 2008. After analyzing the legislative framework for the country's agrarian reform, the author focuses on its impact on land holdings and the livestock economy (particul…
Productivity and Efficiency of Small and Large Farms in Transition
Transition to market-oriented agriculture has been characterized in all the CIS countries by a massive shift from large-scale "agricultural enterprises" to small family farms. The comparative efficiency of these two categories of farms is thus a topical issue for agriculture in transition counties. This article uses national agricultural statistics for Moldova for 1990-2006 and cross-section data from three farm surveys conducted in 2000-2003 to …
Diversification of rural incomes and non-farm rural employment
The results of a rural survey in two Russian regions demonstrate that agriculture is no longer the main source of income for rural families. Rural families are diversifiers, earning non-agricultural income through both non-agricultural wage employment and non-farm self-employment. The rural population is risk-averse, preferring the relative security of wage employment to individual entrepreneurship. Although all respondents would like to earn mor…
Agricultural Development and Household Incomes in Central Asia
Two noted specialists on the agricultural economies of the former Soviet Union examine the effects of land reform on agricultural production and the income of rural house-holds in Tajikistan. The authors utilize official government statistics to discern trends of agricultural output at the national level, and the results of three extensive surveys conducted in 2007-2008 (N > 2,000) and one in 2003 (N = 4,000 respondents) by international organiza…
Agricultural policy in Russia and WTO accession
This article analyzes the implications of World Trade Organization (WTO) accession for Russian agricultural policy. Using Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data on producer support from 2010, we identify two major characteristics of Russian agricultural and trade policy (a) reliance on sizeable differences between world and domestic prices to generate two-thirds of agricultural producer support and (b) highly distortio…
"Round Table "Assessment of Structural Changes in Agriculture
The round table on the "Assessment of structural changes in agriculture: Methodological approaches and estimated results" was held under the leadership of Natalia Ivanovna Shagaida, head of the Center for Agro-Food Policy
Transition to smallholder agriculture in Central Asia
The article reviews the development of smallholder farming in Central Asia's former Soviet republics. One of the striking features of the agricultural transition in Central Asia (and Commonwealth of Independent States [CIS] in general) is the dramatic shift, since 1992, from the predominance of large corporate farms to individual or family agriculture based on a spectrum of small farms. Evidence shows that individualization of agriculture is asso…
Russian agriculture
Impact of Chinese Agribusiness Entrepreneurs on the Local Land Market in the Russian Far East
Chinese originally migrated to the Russian Far East (RFE) to fill a labor shortage on collective farms. In more recent decades, some Chinese migrants have chosen to lease land from Russian farmers to manage their own farms. Rising soybean prices and the trade war between China and the United States have increased demand for land capable of producing soybeans. Thus, Chinese farmers in the RFE compete for land with Russians. The Chinese also contri…
Understanding the impact mechanisms of China's Rural homestead transfer policy on household welfare
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