South Korea: Sorting work of taro in full swing for Chuseok holiday supply in Gokseong-gun

(Gokseong = Yonhap News) Reporter Chul-hong Park = Gokseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 8th that a joint selection of domestic taro is in full swing ahead of Chuseok. Farmers in Gokseong-gun, the largest producer of taro, started a joint sorting of taro from the end of last month in order to supply taro, which is in high demand during Chuseok. About 2 tons of taro root removal, sorting, and packaging are processed per hour. Taro is one of the crops that requires a lot of labor to work after harvest, so this year, Gokseong-gun, together with the Seokgok Agricultural Cooperative, provided a taro root removal equipment and two sorters to the taro production area. In particular, since it is difficult to work with a manpower of up to 150 kg or more per day, various attempts have been made for years to reduce the labor force for removing small roots of taro. As Gokseong-gun was selected for the 1 city-gun 1 specialized crop cultivation project of the Jeonnam Agricultural Research ...