The joint efforts of disk merchants to depress the price of garlic and the depressed price of garlic, the government treats the symptoms but not the root causes.

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Due to the cold weather this year, the output per unit area of garlic is 20% more than in previous years. Coupled with the import quota, the total exceeds the demand of the Chinese people by 8,000 metric tons. The average purchase price of each producing area of Yunlin has dropped to 12 yuan per jin, which is only half of the cost. Garlic farmers have lost all their money. The government uses export subsidies and volume stores to promote sales to find a way out. However, many farmers and peasant associations have said that although the cultivated area and unit output have increased, the price should not be so exaggerated, and that the main reason for the low price of garlic is that the merchants agreed to jointly hold down the price.

Coincidentally, garlic was also abundant because of the cold climate in 2011, and the price was 12 yuan per jin at that time. The corresponding measures of the Council of Agriculture and the county government were the same as this year. The peasant associations, which were supposed to take care of farmers, but also under the pressure of the council, did not dare to buy and sell garlic. Qiantong Peasants' Association was one of the few farmers' organizations that launched garlic products and processed products. Director-General Zhang Yuxuan believes that it is necessary to solve the sharp rise and fall of garlic prices. It is necessary to establish a transparent and open auction mechanism to promote the deeds of farmers and peasant associations, and require no pesticide residues to open the production and marketing pipeline with high quality.

If you import more, the price of garlic is less than 10 yuan per jin.

Garlic is the best supporting role on the dinner table. according to the statistics of the Council of Agriculture, Taiwan eats 53,000 metric tons of garlic every year, which translates to a planting area of about 5,000 hectares, more than 80% of which are concentrated in Yunlin. 10 days before and after Ching Ming Festival every year, the cool northeast monsoon uses a low temperature of 20 degrees to take care of the garlic to grow. When the south wind comes and the garlic stops growing, farmers will be happy to dig up the garlic.

This year, the climate is cold, the garlic is full and huge, and the yield per unit area has greatly increased by 20%. Coupled with the previous poor climate, low quantity and good price, farmers' willingness to plant has greatly increased, with an area of 5179 hectares this year, with a total output of more than 58,000 metric tons. coupled with the tariff quota of 3520 metric tons, the supply is more than 8,000 metric tons, and the purchase price of garlic (dried garlic) in the producing area has dropped to 12 yuan per jin, and even an ultra-low price of 7 yuan. Let the farmers shout that they can't live.

Chen Ruiyu, a garlic farmer in Yunlinkou Lake Township, said helplessly that the output is not much different. The cost of garlic is about 25 yuan per jin. Last year, the purchase price was more than 30 yuan. How to sell it this year? although garlic can be dried and stored, but at most it will sprout and stale when it is placed in October of the lunar calendar (November of the lunar calendar). And there is no professional warehouse, so you have to sell as much as you sell, "but you still have to plant it anyway. It is impossible to wait for a good price before planting, which is sad to say, but it can only be planted. "

Lin Chun-fu, chairman of the Taiwan garlic Farmers' Association, said that the cost of garlic is relatively high, which costs 30,000 yuan per share of land. Many farmers borrow money to buy garlic seedlings. Even if they can dry them, the longer they put them, the greater the risk. Farmers see that they have so much garlic in their hands. If you are in a hurry to sell, you can only listen to the trader.

The trader monopolizes the price and enters the market at a low price.

The government is unable to effectively deal with the price of garlic because of the symptoms but not the root causes. (photo / Lin Huizhen)

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