Domestic Marketing Channels for Tomatoes

摘要

Problems of the fresh tomato marketing system were analyzed and recommendations made. The marketing system was found to suffer from the following factors: Underdeveloped methods of packing and handling, absence of grading and sorting, excessive loading and unloading which adversely affects quality, congested and inefficient wholesale markets, reshipment from wholesalers back to consumers in producing areas, and industry concentration at the wholesale level. Recommendations for improvement included the following: The feasibility of constructing new wholesale markets in large cities should be studied.