Chapter 254 Company + Farmer
"It takes such a long time to see the benefits, and I am worried that not many farmers are willing to spend energy and time to invest and wait for a long payback period!" Li Shuangzhi said worriedly.
This is a big problem, after all, there are not many farmers like himself who have the confidence, the time and energy to invest, and the patience to wait for two or three years for an output that may appear.
Regarding this issue, in fact, Li Liang also considered it. Li Liang had seen this situation in later generations, and the common practice in later generations was to adopt the practice of companies and farmers.
The basic meaning of the so-called 'company + farmer' model refers to the establishment of a certain economic contract relationship between enterprises engaged in the processing and circulation of agricultural and sideline products and rural households to carry out integrated operation.
According to the closeness and content of the contractual connection between the two parties, it can be divided into several modes: "pure market contract", "quasi-market contract" and "integrated contract".
To put it simply, the company places orders and provides financial and technical support to farmers, and farmers provide qualified agricultural and sideline products to the company according to the agreement.
Taking the aquaculture industry as an example, the aquaculture industry generally operates in this way, the company provides animal seedlings and feed, and hands them over to the farmers to raise, and pays a certain fee to the farmers as agreed at the time of harvest. In order to ensure the quality, these seedlings are generally cultivated by the company itself, and the feed is also self-proportioned. Farmers do not need to invest money, they only need to invest a certain amount of manpower, carefully raise, and sell the animals to the company at the agreed price after they reach the agreed specifications.
Li Shuangzhi and the others are going to do kiwifruit planting, according to this model, that is, the company provides farmers with kiwifruit seedlings, regular technical training and guidance, and farmers need to invest manpower, according to the requirements of technical training, from the planting of kiwifruit seedlings, the usual maintenance, and the later harvest. After the kiwifruit is ripe, the company purchases the kiwifruit in the hands of farmers in accordance with the contract.
The advantage of this model is that farmers do not have to worry about the sales of agricultural and sideline products, they only need to produce qualified agricultural and sideline products on time in accordance with the technical standards and product standards provided by the company. This is the most ideal type of cooperation for farmers who are closed to information and lack funds.
Correspondingly, for the company, they can also ensure the quality and yield of the required agricultural and sideline products in real time according to this mutual agreement.
This model was very popular in later generations, and many agricultural and sideline products enterprises adopted this method to cooperate with farmers, but this is not to say that this model is not without drawbacks.
On the contrary, this model develops to a later stage, and the disadvantages are obvious.
Due to the disparity in strength between farmers and companies, the market relationship is not completely equal, and there is a lack of other forces to balance it, resulting in a slight carelessness in the operation process of this model, it is easy to expose its inherent defects.
For example, when there is a change in the relationship between supply and demand in the market, and the price of the corresponding agricultural and sideline products on the market falls sharply, the company may break the contract and no longer purchase the products in the hands of farmers at a high price as agreed. If the peasants' products cannot be sold, there will be a tragedy that hurts the peasants.
In the same way, if the price of the corresponding agricultural and sideline products in the world rises sharply, the company still buys them at the agreed original price, so that although the farmers enjoy a stable product purchase channel, they cannot enjoy the benefits of product appreciation.
Generally speaking, because farmers have no right to speak in the process of production and operation, their independent will is not reflected, the rights and responsibilities of farmers and the company are seriously unequal, the treaty is obviously unfair, and the distribution of benefits is completely determined by the company unilaterally and tilted towards the company, which is bound to affect the expected effect of "win-win" between the two.
Of course, now Li Liang is just proposing this 'company + farmer' cooperation model to the second uncle Li Shuangqing, as for the disadvantages of this model, I believe that as long as the second uncle does things with a conscience in the future, this kind of disadvantage can be avoided as much as possible.
Li Liang briefly introduced this model to the two uncles, and Li Shuangyu patted his thigh and said, "Liangzi, how does your head grow, why is it so powerful." Compared with you, uncle, I feel that this university is in vain, and I have read so many years of books in vain!"
Li Liang smiled: "I'm just thinking about it, and I don't know if it's feasible!"
"Of course, it is feasible, so as long as we first select a few responsible farmers in each village through cooperation with the government, and then control the distribution of kiwifruit seedlings and do a good job in training in kiwifruit planting technology." After two or three years, we will be able to purchase qualified kiwifruit from the cooperative farmers!
And the biggest advantage of this model is that the capital investment is completely determined by the company, and the farmers themselves only need to invest manpower, and the seedlings, technology and other places that need to invest funds are borne by the company. In this way, there is no need to worry about the farmers being reluctant to invest!" Uncle Li Shuangyuan continued, "And the best thing is that if it involves a situation like the second brother who wants to contract the back mountain, we can also use the company's current relationship with the government to postpone the payment." After two years of kiwifruit sales, the company is profitable, and then pay this contract money!"
"Wonderful!" Li Liang clapped his hands and said, "Uncle, I only thought of distributing seedlings and technical training, but I didn't think that you would think of all this, so wouldn't it be a barren mountain or something that can be used by us!" However, will the government agree?"
"Yes, how could it not?" the second uncle Li Shuangzhi said excitedly, "Liangzi, you don't know, when we had a meeting in the township government yesterday afternoon, Secretary Long said that as long as we can develop the investment in kiwifruit planting industry, everything can be discussed." ”
"Yes, I think the county will definitely agree to it as long as we bring it up. After all, these barren mountains and other things, if we don't invest in them, they can't be contracted, and the county and township can't get a penny of contract money.
And once our planting industry is effective, not only will we be able to benefit the cooperative farmers, but we will also be able to receive the contract payment for these barren mountains. Uncle Li Shuangyuan said.
The more the three of them talked, the more energetic they became, although Li Liang was a reborn, but after discussing it with his two uncles, he found that what the ancients said was really right, 'Three stinkers are Zhuge Liang'!
Many things that I didn't think of before, after discussing with the two uncles, many of the problems that plagued the three of them before were solved.
After discussing with the second uncle and the younger uncle, Li Liang was completely relieved, believing that even if he didn't interfere now, the second uncle would be able to do this matter alone.
"Liangzi, Xiaoxiao, don't worry!" Li Shuangqi said with a smile, "Now I have a complete bottom in my heart." In the afternoon, I went to the township to find Secretary Wei and Township Chief Dai, and asked them to gather the village cadres of each village in the township as soon as possible to count the barren mountains suitable for growing kiwifruit in the township. At the same time, we went to the villages to convene the kiwifruit planting propaganda again, and selected a group of farmers with a strong sense of responsibility!
But Xiaoyi, I'm going to trouble you for the past two days. You know that the second brother and I are not highly educated, although I have words in my mouth, many of them don't know how to put them on paper. Can you help the second brother compile a simple set of training materials, so that the second brother can train the farmers at that time!" Li Shuangzhi said.
"Okay, second brother!" Li Liang's uncle replied.