Gyeongnam Province, farmers, research institutions, deeply concerned about 'strawberry abnormal climate response strategy'

[Guja-ryong Gu, Reporter for the Korea Farmers' Newspaper] Gyeongnam Province (Governor Park Wan-su) is accelerating the formulation of climate change response strategies for the nation's number one strawberry industry by holding a 'Climate Anomaly Response Strawberry Industry Promotion Discussion Meeting.' Gyeongnam Province held the 'Climate Anomaly Response Strawberry Industry Promotion Discussion Meeting with Strawberry Farmers' at the Agricultural Technology Education Center of the Gyeongnam Agricultural Technology Institute on the 24th of last month. Around 100 people, including officials from related organizations such as the Gyeongnam Provincial Government's Department of Agriculture, the Gyeongnam Agricultural Technology Institute, and the Korea Fresh Distribution Research Institute, as well as strawberry farmers, attended to share agricultural damages caused by climate change and discuss ways to promote the strawberry industry. According to Gyeongnam Province, the strawberry cultivation area in Gyeongnam was as of the end of 2023.