The objective of this study is to explore the impact mechanism of food price support policies on agricultural socialization services. The impact of the grain price support policy on agricultural socialized services is assessed by the heterochronous Difference-In-Difference (DID) method based on the panel data from 31 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) across China from 1997 to 2022(The data do not include those of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions. The same below.).The results demonstrates that the policy facilitated the growth of agricultural socialization services by fostering an expansion in operational scale and enhancing the integration of scientific and technological inputs. Further analysis indicates that the food price support policy can simultaneously address the dual objectives of increasing farmers’ incomes and the development of agricultural socialization services. However, achieving both of these goals in the context of a green transformation of agriculture and the deepening of agricultural socialization services is challenging. In light of these findings, the following policy recommendations are proposed: Stimulating the development momentum of socialized services by establishing a stable foundation for food prices, revitalizing the momentum of scientific and technological development of agriculture, creating a foundation for new agricultural productivity, leveraging the momentum of large-scale operations, aggregating the functions of agricultural socialized service organizations; and integrating the balance of multiple objectives to promote green transformation of agriculture. The overarching goal of this study is to promote the development of agricultural socialized services, the modernization of agriculture, and the sustainable prosperity of the rural economy.
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