‘Enhancing the competitiveness of Jeju natto beans’···Dissemination of ‘Haechan’ cultivation manual

The Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Agricultural Technology Institute (Director Ko Sang-hwan) announced that it has produced a standard cultivation manual for the new variety of bean sprouts, "Haechan," and distributed it to farmers. According to the Agricultural Technology Institute, the soybean cultivation area and production volume in Jeju as of 2024 stands at 4863 hectares and 5001 tons, accounting for 80% of the domestic bean sprout production volume. The main variety in Jeju, "Pungsannamulkong," has low pod position, resulting in high loss rates during mechanical harvesting and is susceptible to lodging, while "Aram" is easy to mechanically harvest but has a late maturity period. The Agricultural Technology Institute is promoting and cultivating the new variety "Haechan," which has an early maturity period, is suitable for mechanical harvesting, and has a high bean sprout yield. In particular, "Haechan" is known to exhibit stable varietal characteristics even in adverse ...