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On the 21st, the Chungcheongnam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services held an on-site evaluation of subtropical crops at the institute's test station.
The evaluation meeting was prepared to find subtropical crop varieties suitable for cultivation in the province due to climate change and the increase in multicultural families. About 30 people participated in the event, including officials from city and gun agricultural technology centers in the province, married immigrant farmers, and subtropical crop growers.
At the evaluation meeting, cultivation manuals for 2 types of green beans and 4 types of subtropical crops, such as fir petals and leaf taro, were exhibited and the possibility of income generation was explored. In addition, the growth, taste, and preference of subtropical crops in exhibition station were evaluated.
The Chungcheongnam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services plans to select and supply crops with high income potential by comprehensively reviewing the regional adaptability and preference survey results of each subtropical crop.
Researcher Choi Kyunghee said, “Subtropical crops account for less than 1% of the vegetable production in the province, but the cultivated area and demand are increasing every year. We will continue to research, such as development of cultivation manuals, so that farmers in the province can target niche markets with subtropical crops.”
Chungcheongnam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services is cultivating about 30 subtropical crops that are relatively easy to grow and can reliably secure yields, such as water spinach, okra, malabar spinach, and chayote in the test field.
Chungcheongnam-do is not alone for growing subtropical vegetables. Gyeongnam Hamyang-gun Agricultural Technology Center is cultivating Yeoju, a subtropical vegetable, as a local industry, while also cultivating okra, Yeoju, and Chayotae in Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do.
Jeonbuk Provincial Agricultural Research and Extension Services has also started growing subtropical vegetables such as okra, artichoke, bitter melon, moroheiya, and water spinach since 2011.
This movement is expected to expand further in the future.
Reporter Hasung Song
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