Chapter 1051 Development from “Need”
Hermes continued: “To improve the taste of food, you don’t necessarily have to follow conventional procedures, such as tofu curd. Some people like sweet taste, some like salty taste, and so on. There are people who like spicy food, and there is a huge market for various tastes, but not many people paid attention to it in the past. This is an opportunity for food processing companies in our city.”
"Take the flour mill as an example. We rely on the flour mill to develop a biscuit factory. In order to produce more flavors of biscuits, the demand for sugar, salt, dried fruits and other things will naturally increase. So on this basis, I We can develop and change the raw material supply factory.”
Randall and others thought carefully about the scene described by Hermes, and had to admit that it made sense.
Randall said: "We can make a preliminary attempt, and if the effect is significant, we can develop supporting industries step by step."
Hermes: "I dare not say that in other places, but there is absolutely no problem in the entire area. Of course, if it only meets the needs of the people in this city, the scale does not need to be too large. It is enough to establish small and medium-sized factories."
This is actually the establishment of local food processing enterprises, which is relatively common in East Africa. However, at this stage, the categories produced by East African food processing enterprises are too single, and Iringa City plans to start from meeting different "needs". From this perspective, we will build the city’s food industry.
Hermes continued: "The food processing industry is only a very basic industry. We make full use of the wheat in our city to realize the layout of related industries."
"And we actually have another kind of industry in East Africa. The resources have been neglected for a long time. If they can be utilized, I think our city’s light industry can definitely be vigorously developed. ”
Hemes did not sell it, he said directly: "And this resource is labor force. At the beginning of this century, our country's population had reached more than 80 million. East Africa is actually not too lacking in the field of population. Utilizing these labor resources to develop processing and manufacturing industries can make up for some of our city’s disadvantages.”
"For example, the textile industry does not necessarily have to be established near cotton-producing areas. Nairobi, Bulawayo, Gezira, and Mogadishu are all typical strong textile cities that rely on cotton cultivation."
“But Germany and the United Kingdom, which are strong countries in the textile industry, rely almost entirely on imported cotton. Our cotton spinning industry in New Frankfurt, East Africa, also relies on railway transportation hubs.”
“This It shows that the development of the cotton textile industry is indeed inseparable from raw materials, but it does not necessarily have to be close to the production area. The cotton textile industry is a typical labor-intensive industry, and labor factors and market factors have a great impact on the cotton textile industry.”
"Take Germany, for example. Germany has a very high population density, a large labor force, and a vast market. This is a prerequisite for the development of the German cotton textile industry."
Germany's area is less than one-twentieth of East Africa, but The population is nearly 50 million, nearly half of East Africa, so even for East Africa, Germany is a very populous country.
The three characteristics of large population, developed industry and high income determine that the German textile industry has a vast domestic market, and the rich labor force provides convenient conditions for the development of the textile industry in Germany. It can be said that compared with East Africa, Germany has Conditions other than cotton cultivation were more conducive to the development of the textile industry.
It is reflected in its labor force, technology, capital and market advantages over East Africa. In addition to its own market, Germany has strong consumption levels in neighboring countries. German textiles are also very popular in the international market.
“It can be seen that our Iringa City does not have the conditions to develop the textile industry. Although our city is not a main cotton producing area, it is far away from the Lake Malawi cotton producing area and the Lake Solon Province cotton producing area. The production areas are not far away.”
“As for the labor force. , Now that the level of urbanization has increased, the agricultural population has moved to cities, so it is not a problem for us." Randall interrupted: "But other cities in the cotton textile industry are also developing well, how can we compete with those large state-owned factories. ?”
Hermes explained: "This involves the demand I mentioned before, which can also be understood as the market."
"The cotton textile industry is a quite large industrial category, involving many industries. Whether we can create value ultimately depends on selling our products, our city’s geographical location, and the domestic cotton spinning industry. The situation of the products has destined the domestic market to have great potential.”
“After more than ten years of development in East Africa, our country has always had a serious problem, that is, the single category of industrial products cannot meet everyone’s needs. Needs, like those who read "Hamlet", there are a thousand in a thousand people's hearts Hamlet, everyone’s aesthetics is different.”
“The downstream end products of the cotton textile industry, such as clothing and quilts, are most likely to reflect this result. There are very few types of clothing in the world in East Africa. This determines that the domestic people have few choices. Does the fact that fewer choices mean that the people have less demand? On the contrary, it’s not that people don’t want to choose, but they don’t have a choice.”
“Take my daughter as an example. Last week, my eldest daughter bought a skirt made in Dodoma City, but this skirt. It was ugly, so with the help of her mother, she sewed many patterns on the skirt.”
"Then this skirt is ugly. Why does my eldest daughter still buy it? Because she feels that the skirts in state-owned stores are not the ugliest, only uglier. Of course, my daughter's aesthetics may be different from others, but is this the same? Create a new need. If there is a dress on the market that my daughter likes, she won’t need it. Make changes to the skirts you bought.”
“So when our city develops light industrial products, it should provide more diversified products based on the needs of its people, so that market sales will not be a problem. . ”
“We don’t necessarily want to develop upstream. The cotton textile industry can fully develop its efforts in end-use industries such as garments, tablecloths, curtains, etc. that require fabrics.”
“And raw materials can be imported from other cities, and we are processing and improving them according to market demand. A perfect closed loop was established as soon as it was launched, driving the city’s light industry industry development. ”
“This is also reflected in other industries, such as ceramic manufacturing. We can gain market through innovation and create good-looking products, and it does not necessarily have to be old-fashioned through whether it is resistant to falling or the materials used. Judge the quality of a product by whether it is solid or not.”
Hermes' words can be said to be a lesson to the government officials of Iringa City. Industrial development must ultimately sell products, and if you want to sell products, you must ultimately look at the needs of customers, and this demand does not It must be quality and price, but it may also differ due to personal aesthetics.
Mayor Randall said happily: "Hermes' words can be said to be enlightening to me. Next, our city's industrial investment must follow this idea, just like Hermes To put it bluntly, only producing goods that the people need is the secret to our city’s industrial development.” Through this form, we can also form differentiated competition with other cities and accelerate the development of our city's industry. Our city's development in heavy industry is indeed easily restricted, including talents, education, mineral resources, transportation, industrial base, etc., and Light industry is the magic weapon for us not to fall behind other cities, and the development of light industry must pay more attention to the market demand. ”
“Our city is not a coastal area, so we must pay more attention to the domestic market and vigorously develop the food processing industry and other labor-intensive industries based on the domestic market to provide our country with more light industrial products. categories to meet the diverse needs of society.”
In the final analysis, Yilin. If cities and towns like Canada want to make breakthroughs in the industrialization stage, they must base themselves on light industry. Light industry occupies a dominant position worldwide, and East Africa is not a strong country in light industry. Therefore, those cities that can seize the opportunity at this stage can develop industries in East Africa. It occupies a place in the system through light industry, even surpassing some heavy industry cities.
(End of this chapter)