Research on the Information System of China's Agricultural Product Market

Author: Zhao Yuanfeng
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: Based on a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of relevant materials, the author integrates normative and empirical analysis, as well as qualitative and quantitative analysis, to systematically explore the construction of China's agricultural product market information system. The author also makes pioneering explorations in the following aspects:
1. On the basis of a comprehensive analysis of the external environment conditions and user needs of China's agricultural product market information system, it is proposed that the structure of the system is a "vertically connected, horizontally interactive, and coordinated-efficient" network structure.
2. A systematic study is conducted on the three subsystems of the agricultural product market information system. The following aspects are explored:
1. A product market information indicator system that is more in line with market economy requirements is constructed.
2. The conditions for sharing agricultural product market information resources and the guarantee system for integrated agricultural product market information services are analyzed.
3. Efficient information dissemination is achieved by effectively organizing information resources and establishing complementary information dissemination channels.
4. A comprehensive analysis is conducted on the information needs and influencing factors and characteristics of information behavior of users in agricultural product market information.
3. The role of governments and non-governmental organizations in the construction of the agricultural product market information system is discussed.
1. The theoretical basis for the government's leading role, its necessity and feasibility; the five roles of the government in the construction of agricultural information systems; the legal management of agricultural informatization development by the government.
2. The role and special functions of non-governmental organizations in the construction of the agricultural product market information system; an analysis of the motivations for the involvement of agricultural information service enterprises. Based on field investigations, problems in the development of agricultural information service enterprises are analyzed, and operational development strategies are proposed.
3. The necessity of rural non-profit intermediary organizations' involvement in agricultural product market information service fields and the characteristics of their information services.