The China’s Agriculture Ministry has invested hugely
on e-commerce with the hope of boosting more entrepreneurial talents to the
local communities, NaijaAgroNet reports.
The new e-commerce scheme which NaijaAgroNet learnt, is having a major beneficial impact on the countryside is designed to help farmers collectively sell their products to larger markets.
"Before,
it wasn't really worth me coming here to cultivate the Tea Oil. We'd maybe come
five or six times a year. Now we're replanting all the time, and we come every
month," said Zhu Qianhuang, a local farmer. Mr Zhu stated that he could
not keep up with the demand for the Tea Oil.
Qianhuang, NaijaAgroNet gathered, explained the benefits of the scheme
further to reporters, “this Camellia
wood in Southeast China was once overgrown and unused. The tree produces
Tea-Oil. Since 2011, the wood has been brought back to life, by local farmers. The revival is
mainly because of rural e-commerce schemes, introduced by the local government.
Under the scheme, farmers in the area sell their products collectively, through larger agents. Wholesale orders are placed online from across the country.
"Rural poverty is caused by three factors - lack of skills, lack of information, and lack of incentive. If people group together, skills and resources can be shared. Right now, we have over 120 companies within our E-Commerce zone. That, NaijaAgroNet learnt, includes over eighty families, either employed or running their own businesses," said Ning Weisheng, Ningdu County Commerce Bureau.
Cyriacus Nnaji, GEE
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