Vegetable prices continue to rise in many places across the country. What are the reasons?

"Spinach costs more than ten yuan a catty, and it's almost as expensive as meat!" Aunt Wu, a citizen, sighed repeatedly at the gate of a fresh supermarket in Xicheng District, Beijing

Since October, vegetable prices have continued to rise in many places across the country, and individual vegetable varieties have even doubled their "worth"

What are the reasons for the rising prices of vegetables in various places?

According to analysis by industry insiders, this time of the year is the time when the market for summer vegetables is basically over, and a small amount of autumn and winter vegetables are on the market.

"This year's unfavorable weather such as heavy rainfall and low temperature has magnified the seasonal fluctuations in fresh vegetable prices

According to the staff of Beijing Xinfadi Market, taking spinach as an example, the spinach produced in the open field in Liaocheng, Shandong was soaked due to continuous rainfall.

In addition, experts pointed out that China’s vegetable production areas and sales areas are relatively separated, and heavy rain and other weather have caused inconvenience to vegetable harvesting and cross-regional transportation.

In order to ensure the stability of the people's "vegetable basket", many departments have recently introduced a series of measures to ensure supply and price stability

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that experts and agricultural technicians will be organized to go deep into the field, guide farmers to strengthen field management, improve the resistance and yield of vegetables, and guide the implementation of cold-proof and heat-preservation facilities for vegetables in the later cold wave and low-temperature weather.

"The Ministry of Commerce pays close attention to market supply and demand and price changes in the country and in the epidemic-spreading areas.

Local governments and enterprises are also taking action—Beijing is studying and formulating a plan to reduce and exempt entry and transaction fees for major agricultural product wholesale markets to directly reduce the entry and transaction costs of business operators and transport drivers; many wholesale markets in Shanghai have established a good deal of supplier linkage and “suburban” Increasing the supply of food for customers by means such as "food shortages for customers"; Gansu and Inner Mongolia have set up special material guarantee working groups to work together to emphasize distribution to ensure stable market supply.

According to Zhang Jing, an associate researcher at the Institute of Agricultural Information of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, following the recovery of vegetable production capacity, some delayed vegetables will be put on the market.

"Agricultural input prices and transportation costs remain high.

Experts suggest that all regions should rationally arrange cross-regional procurement and transportation, timely replenish local fresh vegetable consumption, improve the winter vegetable storage mechanism, and take multiple measures to ensure the supply of vegetables and other daily necessities to stabilize prices