South Korea: Easing restrictions on apples threatens farmers’ right to survive

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Published Mar 15, 2024

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The Korea Apple Association and the Korea Orchard Agricultural Cooperatives Association have voiced their opposition to relaxing apple quarantine measures amid the 'Golden Apple' controversy. They argue that this move, driven by misconceptions about apple prices causing inflation and demands for more apple imports, could jeopardize the livelihoods of 200,000 orchard farmers. They caution that importing apples to address temporary supply-demand instability could severely impact Korea's orchard farming industry. Instead, they advocate for long-term solutions like innovation in production technology and enhancements to the crop disaster insurance system.

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The Korea Apple Association (Chairman Seo Byeong-jin, President of Daegu-Gyeongbuk Apple Agricultural Cooperatives Association) and the Korea Orchard Agricultural Cooperatives Association (Chairman Park Cheol-seon, President of Chungbuk Horticultural Cooperatives Association) jointly made clear their stance against easing apple quarantine following the recent ‘Golden Apple’ controversy. The Apple Association, a mandatory self-support organization for apples, is the largest apple producer organization in Korea with 53,000 members. The Orchard Agricultural Cooperative Association is an organization in which 18 product agricultural cooperatives are registered as members. In a press release issued on the 12th, the two organizations pointed out that apple prices have recently been misunderstood as the main cause of inflation and that there is a movement through some media to make quarantine easing and apple imports public. This threatens the right to survival of 200,000 orchard farmers ...

Source: Nongmin