Homo sapiens

Although Luzon feels like summer all year round, the temperature in February is still slightly lower, making people feel relatively comfortable.

Lima Sur, southern Luzon.

At the headquarters building of Haitian Agriculture, Zhang Wei looked through the progress schedules of various projects, rubbed his temples, picked up the thermos cup on the side, and took a sip of oolong tea.

This year's work of building 600,000 acres of sea farmland, as well as projects such as insect breeding plants, mushroom planting plants, and feed processing plants, have made him feel a lot of pressure.

Recently, the head office issued an order for Haitian Agriculture to prepare an agricultural association.

He had read the planning document of the Agricultural Association and knew that it was a very large project. The overall plan seemed to be based on the Agricultural Association of Japan, but there were some differences.

According to the first phase goal described in the plan, it is planned to establish 80 distinctive agricultural cooperatives this year, involving approximately 80,000 farmers.

He picked up the phone: "Manling."

"Here, Mr. Zhang, please give me your instructions." Assistant Man Ling replied.

"Inform the heads of each department to hold a meeting in the conference room on the fifth floor at 2:30 in the afternoon to discuss matters related to the agricultural association, and ask them to come up with a proposal based on their own departments."

"OK."

Half past two in the afternoon.

In the conference room, more than a dozen department heads gathered together.

After Zhang Wei arrived at the scene, he didn't say any nonsense and went straight to the point: "Let's talk about how to promote the agricultural association. The head office has high hopes for us. Don't let us fall behind at the critical moment."

The person in charge of the Haitian Business Department directly spread his hands: "Mr. Zhang, I still have a project to promote 600,000 acres of Haitian, and I don't have the energy to participate in the Agricultural Association."

The Insect Breeding Division and Mushroom Cultivation Division also looked helpless.

Zhang Wei also understood them, but he still reminded: "Haitian Division does not have time to understand, but the Insect Breeding Division and Mushroom Cultivation Division still have to contribute."

"Huh? Are we supposed to promote insect farming and mushroom cultivation to farmers?" the person in charge of the mushroom cultivation division asked hesitantly.

Zhang Wei asked: "How many varieties of mushroom cultivation technology does the Mushroom Division currently have?"

"Currently, there are six varieties of straw mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, Pleurotus leucophylla, fungus, Agaricus bisporus, and enoki mushrooms. These are common varieties on the market."

Zhang Wei wrote the names of these mushroom varieties in his notebook, and then wrote the number 12 at the end: "The Mushroom Division is responsible for the technical support of 12 cooperatives. If you supply strains to these cooperatives, the company will provide them with financial support. There are also sales channels.”

"12 cooperatives?" The person in charge of the mushroom business department frowned: "We have to build large-scale planting factories ourselves. The cost advantage of these small factories is not high!"

Zhang Wei waved his hand: "Don't worry, the company will not do loss-making business. These mushrooms will be eaten by Fengfeng Home. As long as they are obedient, we can make them the designated suppliers of Fengfeng Home, even if it is to subsidize farmers in the initial stage. We must persist.”

In fact, Haitian Agriculture is pursuing large-scale and monopolized markets.

Even if other small farmers and small families start their own business, there is no way they can compete with Haitian agriculture.

As long as the market monopoly is completed, others will have no choice but to withdraw from the market.

In terms of insect breeding, Zhang Wei also asked the Insect Breeding Division to provide technical support and seedlings, and to support six species of locusts, crickets, mealworms, silkworms, scorpions, and earthworms, the same 12 cooperatives.

The remaining share of the cooperative is composed of fruits, vegetables, and aquatic products.

All the things produced by these cooperatives are purchased by Haitian Agriculture, and after processing, they are supplied to Fengfeng Home, or Haitian Agriculture itself digests them internally.

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The areas around Limanan and Dart Harbor were the first to be affected.

A small mountain town called Sheshan Town is currently discussing a lot about the cooperative that has recently expanded here.

As a large landowner in the town, Mr. Basa was obviously somewhat resistant and hostile to the arrival of the cooperative at this time.

A young man with yellow teeth asked: "Uncle, do we want to cooperate with Haitian Agriculture?"

"Why cooperate? Do I need those few million? Tell everyone in the family not to cooperate with Haitian Agriculture." Mr. Basa spat.

His family is a local bully and has connections in Manila. Barcelona itself owns more than 3,000 acres of mountainous land, where it grows rambutan and lotus mist. It can enter the Manila market through its own channels, so it naturally looks down on Shanghaitian agriculture. .

It's just that the Basa family is not the only farmer in the town. Although their family occupies about 33% of the land in Sheshan Town, other farmers are also related to the Basa family.

The problem is that there is a difference between closeness and distance. There are people with good relationships, and naturally there are people with average or even bad relationships.

As a large landowner, the Basa family has a lot of land, but its population is not too large, accounting for only about 3% of the entire town's population.

Although those farmers who only have a small piece of land did not show any impatience after hearing the cooperative's propaganda, many of them were actually excited. They were just waiting for the first person to eat crabs to appear.

Most of the time, people tend to blindly follow the trend.

The project of the Sheshan Town Agricultural Cooperative is to grow fruits, vegetables, and rice.

Soon the first crab eater appeared.

A farmer named Basil signed the first contract, and the 1.3 acres of mango grove and 0.3 acres of paddy fields in their family's name were included in the cooperative.

To become a contracted farmer of a cooperative, you must grow agricultural products specified by the cooperative, and the prices of agricultural products are fixed and adjusted annually.

Moreover, cooperatives also provide insurance to ensure that farmers and cooperatives will not go bankrupt in the event of natural disasters and force majeure.

Seeing the signed price for basil and mangoes, which was about 18% higher than the previous price given by Mr. Basa, other small farmers were also moved.

In the face of interests, farmers don't care. Even a small number of farmers who have a good relationship with the Basa family ignore the ban of the Basa family.

The person in charge of the cooperative clapped a stack of contracts in his hand, sneered and said with a sneer: "It seems that in the face of money, not a single peso of Mr. Barcelona's words is of any use."

"Boss, are those guys going to cause trouble?" the salesman asked worriedly.

The person in charge of the cooperative showed no fear on his face: "Haha, don't forget who is behind us. If he doesn't want to be decent, then we will help him be decent."

As the person in charge said, the Barcelona family is just a small local family. Facing a behemoth like the Fernando family, they do not dare to use violence.

Next, these small families will feel what malice is.

Fengfeng Family, which has a complete transportation logistics and food supply chain, quickly opened small convenience supermarkets to various small towns, taking away the market that these small families had previously monopolized.

The contracted farmers can also receive discounts similar to employee discounts, and the cooperative has affordable pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural machinery, and professional technical support.

This suddenly made more farmers unable to sit still, and more farmers wanted to join the cooperative.

Farmers who do not cooperate will have to face higher production costs, have to deal with their own sales channels, transportation channels, and buy their own insurance, which is simply a disaster.

Even the big landowners are a little unable to bear it at this time.

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