Abstract
Rice distribution in China has taken on new characteristics since 1998. This paper reports on an investigation regarding the present conditions of rice sales in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province, a traditional rice production area in northeast China, undertaken in September 2004. The investigation focuses on the farmers and retail markets surrounding Yanji City, surveying eight farm households from three villages. The investigation identifies three types of rice sales by farmers! sales by small production farmers without a detailed sales plan; sales by middle production scale farmers on the basis of a plan; and sales by organizations in cooperation with farmers who own rice processing factories.
