Investigation and Analysis of Input-output Characteristics of Vegetable Farmers in Beijing
CHEN Hong-wei1,MU Yue-ying1*,SHEN Chen2
1College of Economics and Management,China Agricultural University,Beijing 100083,China;2Agricultural Information Institute,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Key Laboratory of Big Agri-data,Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,Beijing 100081,China
Abstract:Taking questionnaire survey combined with household interview,this paper investigated and analyzed the characteristics of labor input,land input,water resource input,planting technology adoption,quality and safety production,cost and profit in vegetable input and output of Beijing from the perspective of farmers.The results showed that the productive scale of vegetables in Beijing is smaller,mainly taking plastic tents and greenhouses as the principle.Vegetable farmers have a correct understanding about declining underground water.They think that the price for irrigation water is more reasonable,and they are satisfied with the reliability of irrigation facilities.The proportion of plastic film mulching,pot seedling raising and high temperature smothering shed in many vegetable planting techniques are higher.The farmers have more active attitude towards quality and safety production,and pay more attention to the quality and safety of vegetables in the postpartum stage.Labor fee,fertilizer fee and seedling fee form the main parts of vegetables production cost.To sum up,it is suggested to promote the development of large-scale vegetable production,perfect environment-friendly technology promotion system,improve management system for vegetables quality & safety production,and advocate the reasonable input for production means.