Taiwan’s Sweet Potato Industry: A Case Study on Shueilin of Yunlin County
Date Issued
2011
Date
2011
Author(s)
Chi, Li-Yu
Abstract
The main purpose of the study is to investigate the production and marketing of sweet potatoes produced in Shuiling, Yunlin county. The statistics related to production and marketing are collected through face-to-face interview. The economic analysis is then conducted based on these primary data. The research results are as the follows. From the aspect of production, we found that the average production cost of sweet potatoes farmers in Shuiling area is 180,958 NT$/ha, in which the direct and indirect production costs are 144.558 NT$/ha(79.88%) and 36,400NT$/ha(20.12%), respectively. The optimal planted area to the crop is 5-10 hectare because it gets the highest profit for each hectare. Our findings also suggest that the supply elasticity of sweet potatoes in Shuiling area is 0.3207. 76.33% of the products produced were sold to middlemen; 15.56% of them were sold directly to consumers; and 7.78% of them went to retail markets. There different production-marketing patterns for the sweet potatoes farmers in Shuiling. The farmers who are producers as well as middlemen often get higher profitability. Meanwhile, they are facing higher uncertainty as well. same time. Besides, farmers are getting higher returns if they are able to sell the products to consumers directly.
Subjects
Sweet potato industry
Production and distribution of agricultural products
Shueilin
Optional planted area
Supply flexibility
Type
thesis
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