[Contribution] Specialty crops against the climate crisis, strong varieties are the solution

Published 2025년 10월 29일

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[Agricultural and Fisheries Newspaper=Agricultural and Fisheries Newspaper] Irish writer Jonathan Swift said in his 1726 publication, "Gulliver's Travels," "If anyone could make corn or grass grow twice as much in any land as before, he would do more service to mankind than a whole face of philosophers." More than 250 years later, in 1970, the Nobel Committee awarded Norman Borlaug the Peace Prize for his development of high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties, which saved hundreds of millions of people. Half a century later, has the famine-free world Norman Borlaug dreamed of come to fruition? Humanity is currently facing an even more serious struggle than ever before with the hidden enemy of climate change.

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Park Jeong-kwan, Director of the Ginseng and Specialty Crops Division at the National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration In his book "Gulliver's Travels," published in 1726, Irish writer Jonathan Swift said, "If anyone could make corn or grass grow twice as much as before in a land, he would have made a great contribution to humanity." Over 250 years later, in 1970, the Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Norman Borlaug for his development of high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties, which saved millions of lives. Half a century later, has the famine-free world that Norman Borlaug dreamed of come true? Humanity is currently facing a more severe struggle than ever before due to the hidden enemy of climate change. Climate change is causing crop cultivation areas to shift northward and reducing cultivation areas, while frequent extreme weather events such as heatwaves, sudden heavy rains, and low temperatures are lowering ...

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