South Korea: Purchasing and stockpiling of garlic, the government must step forward

Amidst the sluggish price of this year's garlic producers failing to rebound, producer groups are urging the government to take comprehensive supply and demand measures. On the 27th, the National Garlic Producers Association held a press conference for representatives of national garlic producers to guarantee production costs and implement government stockpiling in front of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs at the Sejong Government Complex. The producers held a press conference on this day because the price of garlic in the production area did not rebound and remained weak even after the government’s supply and demand measures announced on the 5th, and producers’ sense of crisis grew. At the time, the government announced that it would prioritize market isolation of low-grade garlic and then decide on government stockpiling according to price trends in the producing area. In response, the Garlic Producers Association also put forward a policy to put the ...