SEOUL, South Korea — An unprecedented heat wave across South Korea has driven up the price of cabbages, data revealed Friday, with the vegetable used in the famed national dish kimchi surging by nearly 70 percent year-on-year.
The price of a single cabbage hit 9,337 won on Thursday — up 69.1 percent from the same day a year ago, according to data released by the state-run Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation.Cabbage is a key ingredient of kimchi, the country's famed fiery fermented dish which many Korea ns eat every day.Experts say rising summer temperatures are leading to supply instability — especially for highland cabbage, which thrives in cooler climates.
'For instance, soil-borne fungal diseases like root rot, which causes wilting in cabbage, are spreading,' he told AFP.Lee said there have also been reports of seedlings perishing from the extreme heat, or being scorched by the intense sunlight.This month, South Korea's Rural Development Administration established a dedicated research institute to address the supply instability of highland cabbage.
Threat As Heatwave Drives Up South Korea Cabbage Prices
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