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Marketing Raw Milk from Dairy Farmers before and after the 2008 Milk Scandal in China: Evidence from Greater Beijing
Author(s) -
Jia Xiangping,
Luan Hao,
Huang Jikun,
Li Shengli,
Rozelle Scott
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
agribusiness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1520-6297
pISSN - 0742-4477
DOI - 10.1002/agr.21375
Subject(s) - business , beijing , china , raw milk , dairy industry , marketing channel , marketing , government (linguistics) , food safety , agricultural science , agricultural economics , food science , economics , geography , linguistics , chemistry , philosophy , environmental science , archaeology
China's 2008 milk scandal severely impacted its dairy industry. Afterwards, the government took prompt efforts to regulate and enhance food safety standards. For example, a dairy marketing management policy was implemented, and concentrated dairy complexes were recommended as options for smallholder dairy farmers. The results of this study show that the policies affected marketing channels at the farm gate. Since then, new dairy complexes have emerged and are becoming the primary marketing channel for milk. The marketing transformation has profound implications for food safety, and has strengthened vertical coordination in the Chinese dairy chain.