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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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A “resident primary wholesaler” refers to the primary wholesalers with a fixed stall carrying out vegetable transactions all year round in Dongwayao Marketplace.
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Wholesaler No. 4 is an economic organization composed of 27 primary wholesalers and farmer-sellers in 2000 that specialize in the ginger business.
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Garlic shoots are a type of fresh vegetables that easily lose moisture and are not suitable for long-term storage. However, in order to reduce moisture loss, businessmen have introduced cold storage facilities, by which, the storage period of garlic shoots can last more than six months. Therefore, this book classifies garlic shoots into vegetables suitable for long-term storage.
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According to interviews and surveys on primary wholesalers, there are at least several agents in each village, and each agent serves several primary wholesalers.
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According to interviews and surveys on primary wholesalers, when farmers directly transport vegetables to wholesale markets for sales, they have to load, sell, and unload based on the cost of the large quantity of labor and time as well as transportation expenses. Therefore, the farmers will choose a garden sales channel with a comparatively lower price.
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Since the members of the organization are not stable, the current members might be different from the original members.
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The development direction of wholesaler No. 10 to Category A or Category B is one of the key issues to which this book pays constant attention.
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The survey shows that there are only dozen of farmers growing onions in Hohhot with a total area of 3–5 ha.
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The survey shows that farmers directly sell potatoes to local procurers.
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According to interviews and surveys on primary wholesalers, Saihan District has been a main vegetable base for Hohhot since the founding of China (in 1949).
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Zhao, L. (2015). Reorganization of the Vegetable Wholesale Circulation. In: Survivable Restructuring of Vegetable Distribution and Wholesale Markets in Western China. SpringerBriefs in Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47253-8_5
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