Nanjing Vegetable Industry Chain Study

With the restructuring of agricultural economy and the planting sector, the vegetable production has developed rapidly in China. Vegetable has become the second most important crop just after the grain. Applying the Chain Science Approach and the Transaction Cost theory, the thesis analyses both qualitatively and quantitatively the whole chain of vegetable production, with seed production as its starting point and consumption as its final stage. Based on the analysis of the current situation of vegetable seed production, vegetable production, processing, circulation and consumption in Nanjing, bottlenecks in each chain and between the chains are identified and eventually countermeasures and suggestions regarding the vegetable chain management are put forward. The thesis begins with an introduction of the Chain Science, its descriptive framework and its development. Then it comes up with the conclusion that chain professionals are very important to vegetable chain management. The shortage of chain professionals hinders the effective function of the vegetable chain. The second part, which consists of Chapter 3, Chapter 4 and Chapter 5, analyses with substantial evidence the three aspects of the vegetable chain, namely the vegetable production chain, the vegetable supply chain and the vegetable demand chain. Current situations and discrepancies in each chain are analyzed and accordingly the prospects are put forward. The cost and benefit analysis between vegetable production and grain production, animal husbandry and aquaculture reveals us vegetable production has an comparative advantage at the present situation. Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 make the third part. The vegetable production of the US and the vegetable circulation system of Japan are introduced in this part and lessons are drawn from their experience. Together with the analysis of each chain in the second part, suggestions are put forward regarding the effective interaction between the chains and the chain actors.