Stable Supply Measures for the Overflowing Garlic and Onions Produced in Jeonnam

Jeonnam Province Holds Workshop with Nonghyup and Producer Groups
Solution Lies in Processing Specialties Like Jindo Green Onion Burger

On the 30th, Jeonnam Province held a workshop to ensure stable supply and demand of villages and onions.
[Photo by Jeonnam Province]

On the 30th, Jeollanam-do held the 'Garlic and Onion Regional Supply and Demand Management Council Workshop' at a hotel in Mokpo, attended by over 60 participants including city and county officials, major production area agricultural cooperatives, producer organizations, and self-help fund associations, to ensure stable supply and demand management of garlic and onions.

Currently, open-field vegetables such as garlic and onions have inelastic demand and supply, and production volatility is high depending on cultivation area and crop conditions, resulting in significant price fluctuations.

Accordingly, Jeonnam Province plays a role in proactively resolving supply and demand instability by predicting and sharing production information in advance and preparing rational alternatives through the Regional Supply and Demand Management Council, composed of heads of agricultural cooperatives in major production areas, producer organizations, and self-help fund associations, to manage appropriate cultivation areas led by producers.

This workshop was organized to find solutions for stabilizing the supply and demand of garlic and onions by managing appropriate cultivation areas through garlic and onion cultivation reporting, expanding promotion to large-scale consumers such as military units where high-quality agricultural products produced in Jeonnam are supplied, and revitalizing the processing industry.

The workshop included expert lectures, discussions on policy directions, supply and demand forecasts, implementation of cultivation reporting, and measures to revitalize the processing industry. In particular, various supply and demand stabilization measures were discussed, including sharing excellent cases that combine local specialties and processing, such as the Jindo Green Onion Cream Burger launched by McDonald's.

Jeong Gwang-hyun, Director of the Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Bureau of Jeonnam Province, said, “Open-field vegetables like garlic and onions are highly sensitive to production volume affecting prices, so establishing a supply and demand control system centered on producers, including appropriate cultivation areas, must precede to stabilize farm management. We will efficiently operate the supply and demand management council and become a leader in the loconomy that creates high value-added success models to promote the consumption of excellent local agricultural products.”

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