Is the transportation and marketing fee of the third-tier peasant association reasonable? The Agriculture and Food Administration: the Peasants' Association of the Republic of China takes money and does not work.

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Peasant associations assist farmers in joint transportation and marketing, collecting agency fees for packaging, transportation, tutoring farmers, and other costs. The Council of Agriculture says that outsiders question that peasant associations are divided into three levels of system, in addition to grass-roots peasant associations that actually provide guidance to farmers. what is the role of county and city peasant associations and ROC peasant associations (national peasant associations)? The Council of Agriculture will comprehensively review the transportation and marketing system of agricultural products and amend the Agricultural products Market Trading Law and other relevant laws and regulations, so that farmers' organizations at all levels can give full play to the function of production and marketing regulation.

Zhang Yongcheng, director-general of the peasant association of the Republic of China, responded that the fee charged by the peasant association for joint transportation and marketing is based on the other three major peasant organizations. "if the agency fee is relatively high, farmers will not come to the peasant association to participate in joint transportation and marketing." Chen Mingren, director of the supply and marketing department of the Xingang Township Peasants' Association in Chiayi County, said that the ROC Peasants' Association sent personnel to the North Peasant Market to be responsible for the quality of the goods, reflecting the origin, and charging reasonable fees.

However, Chen Mingren also said that other peasant groups have not fulfilled their social responsibility and failed to promote and take care of farmers by charging the same fees. "they don't have to spend money on farmers." As soon as there is an imbalance in production and marketing, the peasant association should deal with it. The whole system should be reviewed again, and all peasant organizations and the Council of Agriculture should follow suit.

The Farmers' Association Collection site (Photo / Li Huiyi)

Zhang Yongcheng: "willing to coordinate production and marketing, but we can't leave all the problems to the peasant associations."

Can the peasant associations of the Republic of China strengthen the monitoring of the quality of agricultural products and coordinate the use of producing areas? Zhang Yongcheng pointed out that efforts have been made to coordinate production and marketing, including recently by subsidizing grass-roots peasant associations to refrigerate cold chains, regulate farmers' arrival, and delay shipments to avoid collapse. "but to be honest, no one can predict the weather. Who knows that the favorable weather this year will lead to a bumper harvest."

Zhang further pointed out that it is hoped that everyone will work together to solve the problem of imbalance between production and marketing, rather than shirking their responsibilities. Peasant associations are neither farmers, nor can they control the actual amount of planting, nor are they consumers, and they cannot decide how much to buy. There is a limit to what the peasant association can do, and it is impossible to command so many people, and the peasant association is only one of the four major peasant organizations. It is useless for the peasant association to do more if other peasant groups do not change.

"the peasant associations are willing to coordinate production and marketing, but they cannot leave all the problems to the peasant associations." Chang Yung-Cheng said that the imbalance between production and marketing can only be solved by gathering people's efforts, and the cooperation mechanism should be expanded. The Council of Agriculture has funds and resources to use, and it can adjust the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of National Defense horizontally, which is more powerful than the peasant associations.

Peasant associations in Eryi Township, Yunlin County: peasant associations at all levels have their own division of labor.

In the face of questions about the collection of agency fees by peasant associations and the functions of county and city peasant associations and national peasant associations, Wu Yaoyu, secretary of Eryi Township Peasant Association in Yunlin County, explains that peasant associations at all levels are responsible for relevant work. The ROC peasant associations send staff to the north peasant auction market to assist in tallying, counting, and other on-site or administrative work. Peasant associations of producing areas can help deal with problems that require personnel expenses.

On the other hand, the county and city peasant associations are responsible for contacting and estimating the monthly scheduled purchase volume, and experts are also invited to conduct joint transportation and marketing unit workshops every year. The agency fees of township peasant associations are spent on farmers, including subsidies for agricultural machinery, seminars, assistance in packaging, transportation, and so on.

Can the peasant associations of the Republic of China play a role in coordinating the peasant associations of producing areas? Wu Yaoyu said that if the auction market is too large, the market staff will inform the farmers to adjust their output and buy less into the fruit and vegetable market. "of course, there are still deficiencies. There is nothing missing without a plan, but it is good to improve it."

The government must also be responsible for adjusting the imbalance between production and marketing. For example, when prices soar after a typhoon, the government seems to think that prices are too high to adjust, without actually knowing how much farmers in the producing areas have lost. "originally, the land was harvested 2,000 kilograms per cent, but the typhoon received less than 100 jin. No matter how high the price is, it will be a compensation." It is pointed out that the Council of Agriculture should have a better understanding of the current situation of the producing area and an overall understanding of the market.

Xingang Township Peasant Association in Chiayi County: the whole system needs to be reviewed.

Chen Mingren, director of the supply and marketing department of the Xingang Township Peasant Association in Chiayi County, said that the payment of farmers participating in joint transportation and marketing is very reasonable, and the fee of each township peasant association is different, but not too high is a reasonable price. "farmers have to pay 10% to the bank, but to participate in common transportation and marketing, the Xingang peasant association plus the county peasant association and the national peasant association is only 6.5%."

The ROC Peasants' Association sends staff to the North Peasant Market to be responsible for the quality of the goods, and all kinds of things can be reflected through them, so the fee is reasonable.

However, at the level of county and city peasant associations, "relatively little has been done, and we can really discuss it again." Chen points out that not every county peasant association will charge an agency fee. If a fee is to be collected, it should be paid accordingly, including when the educational joint transportation and marketing undertaker or the grass-roots peasant association needs assistance.

However, Chen Mingren also said that other peasant groups charging the same fees failed to fulfill their social responsibility and failed to promote and take care of farmers. "they don't have to spend money on farmers." As soon as there is an imbalance in production and marketing, the peasant association should deal with it. The whole system should be reviewed again, and all peasant organizations and the Council of Agriculture should follow suit.

Farmers: the government plays a more important role in the imbalance between production and marketing

"it's very reasonable for peasant associations to charge agency fees! It is the user who pays. " Li Yingxi, a member of the vegetable production and marketing class of the Eryi Township Peasant Association, points out that the farmers will want to be as low as possible, but in fact the peasant associations still have to be cost-effective. after all, they subsidize farmers' cartons and fertilizers, as well as package and transportation. Now the agency fee is reasonable, the peasant association charges 4%, and the market fee is 3%.

What do you think of the agency fees charged by county and city peasant associations and ROC peasant associations? Li responded that although farmers communicate directly with grass-roots peasant associations, some matters will still be reported by grass-roots peasant associations and coordinated by the national peasant associations. Of course, peasant associations should coordinate the place of origin, but there is no way for farmers to cooperate. In addition, the policy of the Council of Agriculture should also come in, because the government has resources and policies should be more comprehensive, which cannot be solved by looking at the coordination of peasant associations alone.

Chuang Chi-Ming, monitor of the vegetable production and marketing class of the Xingang Township Peasant Association in Chiayi County, said that it is very reasonable for the peasant association to charge agency fees. although the county peasant association and the national peasant association do not directly tutor farmers, there is some communication and personnel costs. As for whether the imbalance between production and marketing can be coordinated? Zhuang pointed out that the government should control the quantity of the market, such as how much goods arrive in the market, how to auction, and so on. "habitual practice is the same as the unit price of production and marketing resumes, you ask someone to apply for certification, but there is no special protection, or to help find access." It is more important to emphasize the role of government.

Agricultural and Food Department: to amend laws and regulations on market transactions of agricultural products

In response to different opinions from the outside world, the Agriculture and Food Administration also plans to invite relevant units in August to review relevant laws and regulations, including joint transportation and marketing agency fees, responsibilities that farmers' groups should bear in regulating the production and marketing of agricultural products, and assessment, reward and punishment mechanisms, and so on, to amend the relevant laws and regulations of the Agricultural products Market Trading Law in order to comply with the current actual situation of agricultural products transportation and marketing and stabilize the trading order of agricultural products.

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