The objective of this study is to identify problems and prepare improvement policies of agricultural marketing structure under the WTO system haing a goal of free trade. For the objectve, the details of UR agricultural and servie agreement and the pre...
The objective of this study is to identify problems and prepare improvement policies of agricultural marketing structure under the WTO system haing a goal of free trade. For the objectve, the details of UR agricultural and servie agreement and the present situation of agricultural marketing system are discussed. major findings of the study are summarized as follows;
1.In spite of rpid changes in agricultural marketing circumstances, the present situations of agricultural product marketing system have many problems such as small scale issues, low level of market competition power, inefficiencies of marketing process and illegal marketing activities.
2.To prepare for free trade of agricultural produts, 1)it is necessary to organize farmers and consumers. especially, collective marketing activities of farmers can realize scale economy, enhance the marketing efficiency and reduce the illegal marketing activities. 2)The existing various kinds of regulations and orders on agricultural marketing should be readjusted to a realistic level. 3)the investment in a agricultural marketing facilities such as public wholesale market, market information system, grading and standardization system etc. should be increased.