The Analysis on Spatial Network of Organic Agriculture Certification Center in China

Abstract:

With the development of organic agricultural certification, organic certification company as a professional economic form to organize organic certification activities with information service function is well aware of growing importance. Organic agricultural certification spatial network is composed of company organizing network and service network of organic certification, whose united operation generates the spatial network of organic certification. Much attention is paid to the spatial network of organic certification company. The organic agricultural information centers in China are classified into three types: monolayer endogenous type, monolayer radiation type and multilayer divergence type. This paper analyses the spatial networks of organic certification information centers of Nanjing and Beijing. The interaction between company organizing network and service network of organic certification spatial network is one of the main drivers of Chinese organic agriculture.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 522-524)
• Pages: 1791-1797
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.522-524.1791
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Yan Peng Li, Yu Hua Wang*, Bo Xuan Gu
• Keywords: Company Organizing Network, Organic Certification Company, Spatial Network

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