South Korean sweet potato variety Jinyulmi: Quick to harvest, high prices due to abundant quantity, farms praised for boosting income

[Korea Farmers and Fishermen Newspaper Reporter Lee Hyun-woo] Sweet potatoes are the snack that comes to mind when the cold wind blows. Sweet potatoes are a food that always appears in diet menus. It contains various nutrients such as dietary fiber that lowers blood cholesterol levels and vitamin E, which is good for anti-aging. Therefore, sweet potatoes are considered a diet food and health food. However, the majority of varieties distributed to domestic farmers are Japanese, not domestic, varieties. The problem is the enforcement of Japan's intellectual property protection regulations and the strengthening of variety protection rights. There was an urgent need to develop and distribute domestic varieties to improve their competitiveness. This is why the Bioenergy Crop Research Institute of the National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, introduced Jinyulmi, a chestnut sweet potato variety, in 2017 as part of a plan to expand the distribution of ...