Survivable Restructuring of Vegetable Distribution and Wholesale Markets in Western China

verfasst von: Liming Zhao

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buchreihe : SpringerBriefs in Economics

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The subject of this book is to reveal the formation process of circulation structure centering on vegetable wholesale market in western cities of China. The data are mainly from the interview and survey on farmers, vegetable wholesalers and retailers and operators of vegetable wholesale markets. The findings of the research show that the large vegetable production bases in eastern economically developed regions place stress on local vegetable circulation through wholesale markets, which results in the change in circulation channel in vegetable wholesale markets in western cities, namely, the circulation channel focusing on local vegetable has been shifted to non-local vegetables. The readers will get inspiration from the book that circulation channels have boasted a significance to the small vegetable bases surrounding the cities.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter

Chapter 1. Introduction

Abstract

China is a country with huge population but very small arable land per capita, making the effective use of every single square meter of land a fundamental approach to secure the food supply for 1.3 billion citizens. Since 2000, many cities in China’s western region have thus attached great importance to agriculture, especially to the stability and development of vegetable bases. In addition, the cities have promulgated laws to protect vegetable bases and intensified efforts to subsidize vegetable farmers. More than a decade later, however, vegetable bases around cities still have not expanded. Instead, they have become smaller. Why is it so hard to develop vegetable bases around these western cities?

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Chapter 2. Particularity and Research Significance of the Western Region

Abstract

China is divided into an eastern region, a northeast region, a central region, and a western region (Fig. 2.1) according to the economic development level (GDP per capita) of each region and in line with the division method of National Bureau of Statistics of the People’s Republic of China issued in June 2011. The eastern region covers 10 provinces and municipalities, namely, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Hainan. The northeast region covers three provinces, namely, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, and Jilin. The central region covers six provinces, namely, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, and Jiangxi. Finally, the western region covers 12 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions, namely, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang.

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Chapter 3. Reorganization of Sales Channel for Vegetable Farmers

Abstract

At the end of the previous chapter, we demonstrated that almost all vegetables are transacted through wholesale markets for agricultural products in Hohhot. In this chapter, we will discuss the changes of sales channels for vegetable farmers in Hohhot and the reasons for such changes. What are the prominent changes in sales channels of farmer-centered wholesale markets for vegetables? What are the major reasons leading to such changes?

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Chapter 4. Reorganization of the Vegetable Wholesale Market

Abstract

In Chap. 3, we revealed why local vegetable operators or farmers turned away from Dongwayao Marketplace and chose Meitong Marketplace and other secondary marketplaces, namely, their difficulty in ensuring a transaction site in the marketplace. Based on this, we will focus this chapter on discussing the changes and reasons regarding vegetable transaction sites in Dongwayao Marketplace, as well as its influence on different kinds of vegetable circulation, namely, that of local and nonlocal vegetables.

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Chapter 5. Reorganization of the Vegetable Wholesale Circulation

Abstract

In the previous chapter, we saw why Dongwayao operators planned and reconstructed the marketplace and made it more favorable for primary wholesalers in terms of a better ensured as well as enlarged admission income. In this chapter, the change and reasons of nationwide vegetable circulation, which takes primary wholesalers as the center, will be analyzed. Our focus lies in the changes in the number of vegetable procurement locations and the geographical range of primary wholesalers. In addition, we explore the main reasons leading to these changes.

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Chapter 6. Reorganization of the Vegetable Retail Circulation

Abstract

In previous chapters, the changes in the upstream and midstream of vegetable circulation have been discussed along with its reasons. Therefore, in this chapter the changes in the downstream of vegetable circulation and its reasons will be analyzed by focusing on the changes in the retail of vegetables brought by participation and enlargement of large retailers.

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Chapter 7. Conclusions and Investigation

Abstract

This book reveals the formation process of the vegetable circulation structure, which is centered on wholesale markets for agricultural products in cities of China’s western region.

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Backmatter

Titel: Survivable Restructuring of Vegetable Distribution and Wholesale Markets in Western China
verfasst von: Liming Zhao
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Electronic ISBN: 978-3-662-47253-8
Print ISBN: 978-3-662-47252-1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47253-8