Three promoters push up the price of vegetables to pull it down

From the 17th to the 19th, this reporter traced the vegetable production and marketing chain for 72 hours and found that the three major promoters of high vegetable prices recently. Market participants believe that Wuhan’s “higher-than-expensive food” after the Spring Festival is mainly due to increased costs, off-season periods in winter and spring, and insufficient public welfare markets. Yesterday, the Wuhan Bureau of Agriculture issued an emergency notice to introduce specific measures for stabilizing the supply of food and vegetables, including measures to fully organize production, conduct timely external food distribution, rapidly promote the development of new circulation models, strengthen market price information monitoring and other measures, and increase supply. Flat food prices.

Promoter One: Local Dishes Not Listed in Winter and Spring

Although the retail price of vegetables in Wuhan has declined in recent days, it is still higher than the public expects. Zhang Shiguo, marketing director of the Four Seasons National Agricultural Trading Center, said that due to the recent cold weather, the production of vegetables has not yet fully recovered. Nowadays, in the off-season season of vegetables, people eat more exotic vegetables, which is one of the reasons for the high price of vegetables.

In the survey, it was discovered that at Wuhan's vegetable retail market, Hainan green peppers, Yunnan peas, Shaanxi potatoes, Shandong cucumbers, and Jiangsu Agromyces sing the protagonist, and many of them are branded with “exquisite dishes”, which also increases vegetable prices. In the local area, there are only a few varieties, such as vegetable and cabbage.

According to Professor Li Chongguang, director of the National Vegetable Industry Technology System Economic Research Office and professor at Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan should increase the infrastructure construction of fast-growing vegetable bases in the suburbs. When high vegetable prices or vegetable prices are subject to severe fluctuations due to bad weather, start fast-growing vegetable reserves. , Suppress market vegetable prices.

Push hands two: links have been increasing prices

According to Mr. Huang, a wholesale market worker at Baishazhou Agricultural Products (11.73, 0.15, 1.30%), the cost of distributing vegetables in Wuhan is not lower than the cost of vegetables from the place of production to the place of wholesale. The cost of living and selling of vegetable operators has been increasing, especially after the Spring Festival, rent and labor costs have soared.

Li Chongguang said that any operator will seek returns in the market, the more intermediate links, the higher the cost, should reduce the intermediate links in the vegetable supply chain, implement direct vegetable direct supply, carry out agricultural school docking, agricultural enterprises docking, will farmer land The dishes are served directly to schools, businesses, etc.

Zeng Jianmin, deputy director of the Institute of Agricultural Economics of the Provincial Academy of Social Sciences, said that the most effective way to reduce vegetable prices is to shorten circulation, reduce logistics costs and reduce transaction costs. The logistics cost of vegetables in many parts of the country only accounts for 20%, while some domestic products account for 70%-80%, and there is much room for excavation.

Push Hands 3: Vegetable Market Booth Fees Cannot Be Underestimated

Many residents reported that most of the varieties in the street market are 1/3 to 1/2 cheaper than those in the indoor market. Some street vendors stated that after the farmers’ market has changed from the original public interest to the market's self-management, various expenses have been rising year after year, and vegetable prices have been rising.

Bai Shazhou Huiyuan firm manager Yao believes that due to the uneven distribution of food markets around the citizens, the choice of food markets will become smaller, and sometimes have to buy high-priced dishes.

At present, there are only 9 large and medium-sized vegetable wholesale markets in our province, and there are 5 under construction. The shortage of vegetable wholesale markets will lead to high vegetable prices. Zeng Jianmin suggested that the government should increase investment, vigorously develop the public-welfare vegetable wholesale, farmer's market, reduce operating costs, and reduce vegetable prices. It is understood that 95% of the Hong Kong market is a government-managed public welfare market. Chongqing, Beijing, and Changchun have started the construction of community public food stations.

Li Chongguang suggested that the use of land in trade fair markets should be the same as that for public transport stations, and there should be policy support and preferential measures. The price of stalls and lots should not be linked to vegetable prices.

Industry proposes to break through the bottleneck in winter vegetables

"To go to other places to buy food, the price is certainly expensive. Wuhan to break through the bottleneck of vegetable planting in winter and spring." Wang Shanfei, Wuhan Baishazhou general manager of the agricultural and sideline products market, said that before the Baisha Chau market, the local supply of suburban vegetables was around 600 tons. Declined 30% since the second half of last year.

The reporter learned from Nanhu Lake and Mahu Village in Hongshan District that there were large areas of vegetable plots before. However, in the process of urbanization, the vegetable plots were requisitioned, or they turned into tall buildings or became industrial parks. The farther away, the price of vegetables is getting higher and higher.

Wang Shanfei said that the outskirts of Wuhan and surrounding counties and cities should change their planting structure and variety of vegetables to reduce the dependence on foreign vegetables. At the same time, they must try to break through the bottleneck of local winter vegetables and ensure that the food basket is not off-season.

Subsidy vegetable delivery vehicle

Huang Chaotang, a wholesaler of carrots and first-grade wholesalers, said that rising gasoline and diesel prices have caused the cost of vegetables to continue to increase. If it is summer, the cold chain will be transported and the ice will be stored in the container to keep it warm and fresh, which will also cause the price of vegetables to rise.

At present, agricultural vehicles, agricultural machinery, etc. are subject to oil price subsidies, but vegetable transport vehicles are not. Subsidies should be paid for vegetable transport vehicles.

In addition, many trucks in Wuhan are prohibited from accessing large trucks, leading to the widespread detouring of large trucks carrying vegetables from other places. It is recommended that large trucks carrying vegetables be released late at night, and ETCs or free of charge for vegetable vehicles.

Build bazaars to give preferential treatment

Many vegetable markets in the downtown area were later converted into other more profitable industries. This has led to a reduction in the number of vegetable farms in many areas, leading to more expensive food. Such as Wuchang Yuejiazui two years ago there was a larger vegetable market, after the decoration company looked on, the boss simply turned off the farms diverted.

Wang Shanfei believes that the government should have intervention and subsidy in the planning, construction, and layout of the vegetable market. He said that this has been implemented in Xuzhou and Nanjing in Jiangsu. At the same time, through the subsidy to open some convenience stores in the community, increase fresh vegetable sales outlets.

Wuhan has introduced a number of measures to suppress vegetable prices to ensure vegetable prices are in the middle and lower levels of the country

Yesterday, the Wuhan Bureau of Agriculture issued an emergency notice to introduce specific measures for stabilizing the supply of food and vegetables, including measures to fully organize production, conduct timely external food distribution, rapidly promote the development of new circulation models, strengthen market price information monitoring and other measures, and increase supply. Flat food prices.

Grab 50,000 Mu of fast lettuce

Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Agriculture will fully organize the production of real estate vegetables, purchase of foreign food, and increase supply. From the end of this month to the end of March, the city will rush to harvest 50,000 mu of lettuce, including Chinese cabbage, Cantonese cabbage, Chinese cabbage dumplings, bamboo leafy vegetables, and leeks, in three places. Among them, Xinzhou, Huangpi, Jiangxia , Caidian, East and West Lake each 8000 acres, 7000 acres in Hannan, 3,000 acres of Hongshan. Strive to market faster than 800,000 kilograms per day. The first batch of fast lettuce will be listed in 40 days.

The number of vegetable trains will increase to 150. This year, we will vigorously develop "vegetable baskets," such as vegetable express trains, direct-dispensing vegetable cabinets, and community convenience stores, to circulate new business, and explore ways to resolve the coexistence of farmers' "difficulties in selling vegetables" and the public's "buying vegetables." .

The number of vegetable express trains in the city will increase to 150 units, covering 168 new and old communities in 7 central districts; the number of community direct-injection dishes cabinets will increase to 1,000, covering 700 communities in the city; the number of community convenience stores will increase to 100, and the price of vegetables will increase. The coverage of supermarkets and supermarkets increased by more than 20% over the previous year.

In addition, the construction of 3-4 production areas in the main producing areas of vegetables; continue to organize agricultural super docking; promote the development of electronic trading of agricultural products.

It is reported that last year the city opened 50 through-vehicle express vehicles and 25 convenience food stores, and more than 100 community residents had eaten cheap food. The vegetable price of the "through direct" model is about 20% cheaper than the surrounding market, and it is very popular with the general public.

Training to hire a part-time information officer

The Wuhan Agricultural Bureau stated that it will train and hire a group of full-time and part-time information personnel to establish and improve a vegetable price monitoring network covering major producing areas, sales regions, supermarket chains and distribution companies; at the same time, the monitoring of the prices of major vegetable varieties will be carried out by the The reporting system was upgraded to a one-day inspection and a one-day report, and the analysis, judgment, and early warning information were analyzed and judged. Once an abnormal situation occurs, information on the demand for vegetables is widely released, foreign foods are brought in as soon as possible, and foreign mining work is carried out in a timely manner to ensure that Wuhan vegetable prices are in the middle and lower reaches of 36 large and medium-sized cities nationwide.

At the same time, prices, business, industry and commerce will strengthen cooperation, increase supervision, and crack down on illegal activities such as hoarding and price hikes.