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Title:: Study on Farmer Cooperatives′ Safeguard Mechanism of Agricultural Products Quality

Author(s):: ZHANG Yongqiang; WANG Yao; PU Chenxi; (College of Economics and Management,Northeast Agricultural University,Harbin,Heilongjiang 150030)

Keywords:: farmer cooperatives; quality and safety of agricultural products; mechanism; principal-agent

Abstract:: Farmer cooperatives had gradually become an effective carrier for ensuring the quality and safety of agricultural products by improving the organization of farmers.In order to explore how cooperatives can guarantee the quality and safety of agricultural products,by analyzing the ‘double’ principal-agent relationship in peasant cooperatives,this study conducted a case study of Renfa agricultural machinery cooperatives in Heilongjiang Province.From the perspective of production and circulation,in this study,the mechanism of farmer cooperatives in ensuring the quality of agricultural products was explored.The results showed that,on the one hand,farmer cooperatives could ensure the quality and safety of agricultural products by the methods of seed procurement,rational fertilization and mechanical harvesting;on the other hand,farmer cooperatives could also ensure the quality and safety of agricultural products by the production and marketing of orders,the initial processing of agricultural products,and other means.