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A few cents a catty still won't sell.
Vegetable prices in most parts of the country have declined to varying degrees. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Commerce, from April 1 1 to April 17, the average wholesale price of vegetables nationwide 18 decreased by 9.8% compared with the previous week, and decreased by 16.2% in the last three weeks.
Vegetable farmers in many places in Henan, the second largest vegetable growing province in China, suffered from low seasonal vegetable prices and slow sales after harvest. Celery in zhongmou county, Zhengzhou City, lettuce in Huiji District and cabbage in Huaiyang County, Zhoukou City are as low as a few cents per catty.
At present, Shandong Shouguang Agricultural Products Logistics Park, the largest vegetable wholesale market in China, has been reported by many vegetable merchants as "lucky" for them. "Now no one in Shouguang buys Chinese cabbage, but it can only be shipped to Yinchuan to sell, and 0.2 yuan is sold per catty. Apart from packaging costs, labor costs and market management fees, there is almost no money. Last year's price reached per catty 1 yuan. " Shouguang vegetable farmers who have been doing Chinese cabbage business for more than 20 years said.
& gt& gt vicious circle
Consumers did not feel the decline in vegetable prices.
At the same time, consumers do not think that the current price of vegetables has a downward trend. It is reported that the price of cabbage bought in other places is 8 cents a catty, but it is 8-9 cents a catty in the urban vegetable market. The gap of nearly 10 times mainly comes from many factors, such as transportation cost, labor cost, vegetable consumption cost under the influence of weather, stall cost of vegetable market and so on.
Some experts have analyzed that vegetables often go through four links from field production to public table consumption. With the rise of prices, the cost of each link will definitely increase, and hidden costs such as rent will also rise, which will eventually lead to high vegetable prices.
Lin Donghua, a researcher at the Institute of Economics of Shandong Academy of Social Sciences, believes that most of the decline in vegetable prices will be borne by vegetable farmers, while the increase in vegetable prices will be paid by consumers. If there are too many circulation links, the price of each link will rise by 10% to 15%, and the price will inevitably double, and some even rise several times.
& gt& gt Explore the reasons
"Year and year" factor or main factor
Why has the vegetable price "diving" been maintained at a high level recently?
According to market analysts, since the beginning of this year, the prices of several vegetable varieties have plummeted due to concentrated planting and excessive output. This situation is called "big and small years" by farmers, that is, vegetables with high prices are often sold in the first year, and they are planted in large quantities in the second year, and then prices plummet, causing farmers to lose money, which eventually leads to vegetables being cheap and hurting farmers. Coupled with the fact that small retail investors have no bargaining power in front of vegetable wholesalers, it is inevitable that prices will go down.
It is understood that some vegetable farmers even store a large number of cabbages. , and ready to go on sale this year. Another view is that the weather in the north is abnormal this year, and "northern dishes" are listed in advance to increase supply. These have increased the supply of vegetables in the market this year.
Some analysts believe that after the nuclear leakage caused by the earthquake in Japan, the news that "big leaf vegetables are more vulnerable to nuclear radiation" has affected consumers' desire to buy.
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Organize direct purchase in the wholesale market
Jian Yao, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, said yesterday that the Ministry of Commerce has issued an urgent notice, requiring local commercial authorities to take a number of measures to maintain the stability of vegetable prices and the smooth operation of the market. At the same time, it also requires the business sector and the agricultural sector to establish a close cooperation mechanism and do everything possible to alleviate the "selling difficulty" of vegetables.
Local commercial departments should take the initiative to exchange information on vegetable production and marketing with agricultural departments, and establish close cooperative relations with major producers and cooperatives of "difficult-to-sell" vegetables by holding matchmaking meetings, organizing large chain enterprises and agricultural products wholesale markets, and giving priority to selling unsalable vegetables. Encourage local troops, schools and collective catering units to directly purchase unsalable vegetables.
Coordinate food processing enterprises to establish a long-term and stable cooperative relationship with major vegetable producing areas, and deeply process unsalable vegetables to make kimchi, dehydrated vegetables, quick-frozen vegetables, clean vegetables and fresh-keeping vegetables, so as to ease the pressure of centralized listing, increase the added value of vegetables and minimize the losses of farmers.
In addition, it will also give play to the emergency adjustment role of local government reserves and commercial reserves, and temporarily store and store a batch of "difficult-to-sell" vegetables with short-term storage conditions such as cabbage.
In order to effectively protect the interests of farmers, it will also support vegetable farmers to take out insurance and establish a rescue mechanism. Cooperate with relevant departments to study and put forward policies and measures, promote vegetable farmers to insure, and guide the main body of vegetable production and circulation to establish a long-term and stable cooperation mechanism to bear risks and enjoy benefits.
■ Shanghai Initiative
"buy insurance" for vegetable prices
The reporter learned from the Shanghai Vegetable Office yesterday that in order to reduce the planting risk of vegetable farmers and protect their economic interests, Shanghai has formulated the Summer Vegetable Price Insurance Scheme, further exploring and perfecting the vegetable price insurance mechanism pioneered in China.
It is understood that last year, Shanghai launched the "winter vegetable cost price insurance" product. The insured area of "Winter Vegetables" exceeds 57,000 mu, and the compensation for * * * is 4.24 million yuan, with an average compensation of nearly 80 yuan per mu. Experts believe that the cost index insurance of green leafy vegetables organically combines policy business with market-oriented operation, giving full play to the quasi-public product characteristics of agricultural insurance, which not only ensures the market supply, stabilizes the price of vegetables, but also reduces the losses of vegetable farmers, mobilizes the enthusiasm of vegetable farmers, gives overall consideration to the interests of citizens and vegetable farmers, and effectively alleviates the problems of "expensive vegetables hurt people" and "cheap vegetables hurt farmers".
It is reported that Shanghai has begun to formulate the cost insurance plan for this year's "light summer" green leafy vegetables. The municipal finance will continue to subsidize 50% of the premium, and the district and county finance will determine the subsidy ratio according to the actual situation. The proportion of the insured's self-paid premium is not less than 65,438+00%. Compared with the "light winter" insurance, the coverage of this year's "light summer" insurance has been further expanded to five varieties, including green vegetables, chicken feathers and rice amaranth. The planned insurance area is expanded to 1.25 million mu; The insurance period is further extended, from 59 days of "Winter Light" insurance period to 77 days of "Xia Guang" insurance period.
■ Beijing situation
The wholesale price of nearly 20 kinds of common dishes is less than 1 yuan/kg.
Vegetable prices plummeted and vegetable farmers faced losses.
Yesterday, monitoring from major wholesale markets in Beijing showed that after the weather turned warmer, a large number of vegetables were listed, and the price of vegetables in this city continued to fall. At present, the prices of nearly 20 kinds of vegetables such as Chinese cabbage, spinach and rape on the market are all below one yuan. Market analysts said that some vegetable varieties, such as Chinese cabbage, rape and cabbage, were planted intensively, resulting in oversupply, plummeting prices and losses for vegetable farmers.