South Korea's Ginseng Industry Comprehensive Plan: Mandatory cultivation reports, legal status for the wholesale market of the Geumsan Fresh Ginseng Center

The 'Ginseng Industry Comprehensive Plan (2022~2026)' prepared recently by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) is to restore ginseng's status as a master country for the next five years, in cooperation with related producers, industries, and experts, to conduct production, distribution, export, R&D, etc. It is evaluated that it encompasses the plans to be pursued in the field. ◆Production = Prepare a basis for supply-demand control and introduce a production history management plan. First of all, the notification of ginseng cultivation, which used to be a voluntary system, will be changed to a compulsory system this year. As of last year, the cultivation report rate of ginseng growers is estimated to be around 80%. However, since it was not compulsory, it was difficult to ascertain the exact situation. Accordingly, the government plans to make it mandatory to report cultivation information such as planted area ...