"Garlic you malicious", who is in the "play hard"

Our reporter "Bian mores

08:13 July 4, 2016

Source: People's Daily - the People's Daily

New garlic, garlic prices have finally started to back on the market, the early jin once more than 10 yuan, now the new garlic four or five yuan a kilo, than in previous years, however, this year the price is high.

Over the past 10 years, the price of garlic every boom collapsed, all attention. So this round of "garlic you malicious" behind, who is in the "play hard"?

Garlic farmers to make money?

Scale planting priced at 2.5 yuan per kilogram to break even

In "the hometown of garlic in jinxiang county", garlic farmers LaoHan calculated brushstroke zhang. "Garlic kind of less than 400 kg, per catty 3.8 yuan last year, fertilizers, pesticides, plastic sheeting, packaging bags, add up to more than 700 yuan; and water, arable land, money, said per mu in low cost nearly 3000 yuan."

Because what living is dry, so LaoHan didn't calculate labor. But for garlic farmers grow larger, labor cost is not small.

Jinxiang economic crops stood stationmaster Zhou Xiangchen introduction, garlic planting, harvest is very concentrated, more won't hire more people all hands are full. "This year from a to receive an acre of land, labor, at least 1000 yuan of above, but also GuanFan."

Cost of at least 4000 yuan per mu, means that the garlic price to 2.5 yuan per kilogram to break even. The current price at about 4.5 yuan per kilogram, garlic farmers do have profit.

Climate factors losses, however, cannot be ignored. Last winter's cold garlic production generally lead to the region. "The price is really good, but the cold wave froze to death a large, good harvest." Laiwu city lai city Yang Zhuang town of garlic farmers Chen Fu nahuy.

This period of time, Zhou Xiangchen to several villages and towns to do field research, a rough estimate, gross in 7000 yuan per mu of jinxiang garlic this year. "It should be said that this year is the best over the years many farmers income a year, the farmers have to sell garlic is around 20%, the yield of accurate until after September garlic into the Treasury."

Garlic price volatility this year?

Supply information clear can effectively ease soaring slump

Gui-hua Yang title has two: one is jinxiang garlic industry information association President, a league secretary general Chinese garlic industry information. In his view, this year garlic prices is not normal.

"This year, north of jinxiang garlic production areas, deep cuts lead to higher market expectations." Charts in gui-hua Yang office, a piece of garlic market particularly conspicuous. "From 2013 to 2013, the price has been around 2 dollars, but particularly volatile this year."

"The market depends on the planting area, this is fundamental." With many years of observation, gui-hua Yang found that "garlic market demand growth will not ups and downs, so the key to influence prices, is to supply."

However, has a decisive influence on the market supply of accurate information is so rare. On the surface, with the development of mobile phones, the Internet, information and a lot of garlic market. But the asymmetric information problem still not been fundamentally solved. "Information is not complete, not timely, accurate, authoritative and unsolved difficult problem has been the garlic market." Gui-hua Yang has been calling for, hope to establish a nationwide unified garlic market information release mechanism. "The clear, can effectively relieve garlic price surge has plummeted."

In recent years, jinxiang compiled "China · jinxiang garlic index", including "jinxiang garlic price index" "jinxiang garlic stocks index", etc. Involving 20 Chinese garlic garlic region information industry alliance, has also run. Gui-hua Yang understand, however, the future of things to do, is still a lot.

There is a hype garlic price?

Price stability garlic industry can develop healthily

A lot of people think, behind the slump in garlic surged, have store business behind the scenes. "If there is no storage link, garlic in September will sprout, objectively speaking, store business is active in garlic industry." Gui-hua Yang thinks, store, and farmers is a community of interests, shall make a reasonable profit. "Collapse in garlic surged, store, can't say no speculation, speculation, but they can not be so negative contribution."

Looked from the whole industry, deep processing of garlic price volatility and underdeveloped. "In a lot of garlic granules, garlic also stay on level, of selling garlic deep processing is mainly the production of garlic, garlic powder." Jining Chen Laipeng DuZhaShi director said food industrial development zone.

Garlic price attached to urban and rural areas two head, garlic just seasoning for citizens, but for many farmers, garlic is often the source of income of the family. In the interview, respondents generally have such consensus: only price stability, garlic industry for their healthy development. Is the key to price stability, the stability of the planting area. Since last year, jinxiang by government subsidies, launched the garlic planting insurance work. This year, the county to attend insurance of garlic planting area of 470000 mu. Jinxiang price bureau deputy director Shao Hui introduction, as long as the market price is less than 1.73 yuan per kilogram, to compensate farmers. "Such as last year's market price is 1.66 yuan per catty, the insurance company paid a total of $17 million."

The People's Daily (17 July 4, 2016 edition)