Tobacco Agricultural Development in Information Asymmetry - A Case Study of Baise City of Guangxi Province

Lu-gui Zhai and Lu-qing Chen

Asian Agricultural Research, 2011, vol. 03, issue 12, 5

Abstract: We adopt sampling method combined with questionnaire to research tobacco agricultural development in Baise City of Guangxi Province. Survey results show that there are problems of inadequate propaganda; guidance and training effort; unreasonable rotation system; backward tobacco baking technologies; low specialized service level; constant increase of costs for means of production and labor employment; low information management level; and frequent occurrence of production accidents. Therefore, it is required to strengthen propaganda and training; enhance technical support; scientifically develop tobacco farmers' cooperative organizations; improve service quality; save labor and reduce cost; improve information management level; reduce institutional operation cost; reinforce guidance of safe production, to promote healthy and orderly development of tobacco agriculture in Guangxi and even in the whole country in the environment of information asymmetry.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.128690

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