Abstract: Through a thorough and comprehensive induction of the economic policies to increase farmers’ income in the United States, Japan and France and a summary of their development experiences, this study finds out that the increase of farmers’ income in developed countries is mainly realized with the help of the policies, such as the land policy, the agricultural protection policy, the organization for economic cooperation, the scientific research system, the financial service policy and so on. In consideration of the present situation of China’s agriculture, the rural areas development and the farmers’ income growth, this paper believes that in order to realize sustainable, stable and fast increase of farmers’ income, it is necessary to further promote the large scale operation of land, speed up the confirmation process of land property rights, improve the agricultural protection policies, promote the standardized construction level of farmers’ specialized cooperatives, pay attention to the investment for agricultural scientific researches, improve the financial ecological environment, so as to realize the inclusive financial development in China’s rural areas.

Key words: increasing farmers' income; economic policy; international experience