Optimum Support Policy Component for the Development of Agricultural Production: Potato Producer

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The manuscript is based on data from potato-growing companies to study the best support policy components, However, the structure of the manuscript is not clear enough, and some issues need to be revised.

1. The abstract does not highlight the urgency of the research, nor does it reflect the contributions of this paper. Please reorganize.

2. The description of potato production areas in the introduction is too much and meaningless. The logical structure of the introduction is not well organized and should be deleted and improved.

3. Please reorganize the steps of the conjoint analysis, and the steps described below are repeated a lot, which is too redundant.

4. The format of this manuscript is not standardized enough. The formula should indicate the serial number, and the content of lines 266-278 is repeated.

5. Explain how the factors level in Table 2 were obtained.

6. The income in Table 4 is 2.55, and the text description is 2.545, please be consistent.

7. The conclusion is not deep enough and too long, please revise and improve it.

Author Response

Reviewer 1

1. The abstract does not highlight the urgency of the research, nor does it reflect the contributions of this paper. Please reorganize.

Thank you for the suggestion. The necessary correction has been now made on the manuscript.

2. The description of potato production areas in the introduction is too much and meaningless. The logical structure of the introduction is not well organized and should be deleted and improved.

Thank you for the suggestion. The repeating explanations have been omitted from the manuscript.

3. Please reorganize the steps of the conjoint analysis, and the steps described below are repeated a lot, which is too redundant.

Thank you for the suggestion. The repeating explanations have been omitted from the manuscript.

4. The format of this manuscript is not standardized enough. The formula should indicate the serial number, and the content of lines 266-278 is repeated.

Thank you for the suggestion. The necessary correction has been now made on the manuscript.

5. Explain how the factors level in Table 2 were obtained.

Thank you for the suggestion. Considering the current support policies for the agricultural sector, factor levels were constructed by the researchers for potato producers. Accordingly, the aim was to test existing and new support tools within the scope of improving potato production with micro data (producer data).

6. The income in Table 4 is 2.55, and the text description is 2.545, please be consistent.

Thank you for the suggestion. The necessary correction has been now made on the manuscript..

7. The conclusion is not deep enough and too long, please revise and improve it.

Thank you for the suggestion. The necessary revisions have been now made on the manuscript.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

Dear authors,

 

I have the following comments or questions that I would like to share to improve the manuscript.

 

(1) In the introduction, the authors are listing many previous papers. However, the main differences and contribution of this study compared to the literature are not well highlighted. In particular, though the used conjoint analysis has largely been explored in the literature for similar research topics, no references are cited. Please try to highlight further the usefulness of this paper’s approach with respect to previous literature.

 

(2) Normally for the potato producers, the macroeconomic factors, such as global and/or local demand and supply which also might be highly influenced by the Russia-Ukraine war, etc., may be much more important than the government marketing policy components. Some further explanation would be helpful for general readers.

 

(3) The results proposed seem not be potato-producer-specific. One may easily expect the same results for any other crop production. That is, if the same survey would be carried out, producers of any other crops seem to answer that the price and payment supports are the most important and helpful for them. Please provide more explanation why it is particularly important for the potato producers.

 

(4) On page 6, lines265-278, the formula description is repeated two times. One should be deleted.

Author Response

Reviewer 2

(1) In the introduction, the authors are listing many previous papers. However, the main differences and contribution of this study compared to the literature are not well highlighted. In particular, though the used conjoint analysis has largely been explored in the literature for similar research topics, no references are cited. Please try to highlight further the usefulness of this paper’s approach with respect to previous literature.

Thank you for the suggestion. The necessary correction has been now made on the manuscript.

 

(2) Normally for the potato producers, the macroeconomic factors, such as global and/or local demand and supply which also might be highly influenced by the Russia-Ukraine war, etc., may be much more important than the government marketing policy components. Some further explanation would be helpful for general readers.

Thank you for the suggestion..The impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on imports and exports of agricultural products is also significant and this issue can be addressed in a separate study.

 

(3) The results proposed seem not be potato-producer-specific. One may easily expect the same results for any other crop production. That is, if the same survey would be carried out, producers of any other crops seem to answer that the price and payment supports are the most important and helpful for them. Please provide more explanation why it is particularly important for the potato producers.

Thank you for the suggestion. In the absence of a research with the same scope and methodology, it is not expected that the same policy instruments will be on the agenda with the same level of importance. It is necessary to examine each production activity and product within the framework of its own characteristics. On the other hand, the support policy component for agricultural products differs on product group or product basis. These differences are expected to bring about variation in producer expectations.

 

 

(4) On page 6, lines265-278, the formula description is repeated two times. One should be deleted.

Thank you for the suggestion. The necessary correction has been now made on the manuscript

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

The paper is based on data from potato-growing companies to study the best support policy components. The following issues need to be modified:

1. In the introduction, the described potato production can be simplified and it is suggested to update the literature of these two years.

2. The logic of the conjoint analysis process is confused, please reorganize.

3. It seems that the number of research samples and other information are not included in this paper.

Author Response

Please find all the comments in the revised docx file.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx