Stabilizing Cabbage and Radish Supply... Effective Pest Control and Soil Management Needed

Published 2025년 7월 1일

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As climate change, deteriorating cultivation environments, and the spread of pests and diseases push highland agriculture into crisis, the supply of national staple vegetables like cabbage and radish is becoming unstable. This calls for strong and effective pest control, soil management, and the development of new varieties. At a field discussion forum on highland vegetable production sites held by the Korea Rural Economic Institute on the 27th of last month at the Anbandeogi Village Community Center in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, researchers and farmers strongly raised the need for practical measures to respond to the worsening highland agricultural environment.

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The Korean Rural Economic Research Institute Field Discussion Forum 'Urgent' Development and Distribution of Seeds with Climate Change and Disease Resistance Climate change, deteriorating cultivation environments, and the spread of pests are causing instability in the supply of national vegetables like cabbage and radish as highland agriculture faces a crisis. This calls for strong and effective pest control, soil management, and the development of new varieties. At the field discussion forum for highland vegetable production areas held by the Korean Rural Economic Research Institute last month at the Anbandeogi Village Community Center in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, researchers and farmers strongly raised the need for effective countermeasures against the worsening highland agricultural environment. Before the discussion, Lee Young-gyu, head of the Highland Cabbage Research Division at the National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, presented the ...

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