Jeju’s main food crops ‘soybeans and buckwheat’ seek to expand added value

[Korea Farmers and Fishermen Newspaper Reporter Kang Jae-nam] Work is underway to prepare a plan to diversify the processing and distribution sectors to improve the added value of soybeans and buckwheat, which are major food crops in the Jeju region. The Jeju Regional Headquarters of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (Director Jae-chun Yoon, hereinafter referred to as Jeju Agricultural Cooperatives) announced on the 15th that it held a briefing session on the launch of the ‘Research service to establish a plan to diversify the processing and distribution of Jeju bean sprouts and buckwheat.’ This research service was designed to reduce the proportion of Jeju beans and buckwheat raw materials used in the processed food sector, even though soybeans and buckwheat are important food crops in the Jeju region, and to prevent a decline in competitiveness due to low connectivity with the processing industry. As of last year, the soybean cultivation area in Jeju was 4,867 ha, ...