Emergency Harvesting and Drying in the Huang-Huai-Hai Region
Shandong / Henan / AnhuiSocialised Agricultural Services
Actors involved
Provincial, prefectural and county federations; federation-owned machinery-service entities
Problem addressed
Prolonged autumn rain threatened grain with mould and made harvesting difficult
Role of the cooperatives
Centrally dispatched farm machinery and organised emergency socialised services
Service / business model
Dispatched 22,000 tracked harvesters and mobile dryers, rush-harvesting 11.13 million mu and drying 1.91 million tonnes of grain
Strength of cooperative principles
Medium: links farmers through services with a strong public-emergency character, but not member self-governance
Replicability
High: depends on machinery-dispatch capability and organisational reach, replicable across major producing regions
International comparative note
Public organisation of emergency farm services, distinct from market-based machinery rental