South Korea conducted a survey on the cultivation of Haenam sweet potatoes and winter cabbage

Published 2022년 12월 24일

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Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do in South Korea has conducted a survey on the cultivation of its specialty crops, Haenam sweet potatoes and winter cabbage. The survey involved 1,018 farmers and covered 33 items across five sectors. The findings will be used to form policies to boost the competitiveness of these crops. The survey revealed that sweet potato farmers had an average production experience of 17.2 years, with most being full-time farmers. Direct trade was the main method of sweet potato sales, while winter cabbage was primarily sold through paddy trade. The county plans to use the survey data to support policies related to these special products.

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(Haenam = Yonhap News) Reporter Geunyoung Cho = Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 24th that it had conducted a survey on the cultivation of Haenam sweet potatoes and winter cabbage. This fact-finding survey was conducted for the first time this year to use as basic data for establishing policies to enhance the competitiveness of sweet potatoes and winter cabbage, the county's representative specialties. In order to spread the regional statistics standard manual, it was promoted by signing a statistical agency agreement with the Honam Regional Statistics Office. A total of 1,018 farmers, including 426 sweet potatoes and 592 winter cabbages, were surveyed on 33 items in 5 sectors, including matters related to organization, sales and distribution. The average production experience of sweet potato growers was 17.2 years for sweet potato and 26.4 years for winter cabbage, indicating that more than 80% of the farmers were full-time farmers. As a result of the survey, it was ...

Source: Yna