orchards Archives | Be Korea-savvy

Apple Production Plunges, Prices Soar Amid Shrinking Orchards

SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean apple industry faces significant challenges, with a 30% reduction in last year’s apple production causing prices to skyrocket. Further compounding the issue, a report released on March 2 by the Korea Rural Economic Institute predicts a 8.6% decrease in apple cultivation areas over the next decade. According [...]

Apple, Pear and Peach Orchards to Drastically Shrink Over Next 70 Years

SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Rising temperatures over the next decades are expected to make conditions for cultivating apples increasingly unfavorable in South Korea. The Rural Development Administration ran the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s 2020 report on the climate change scenario (SSP5-8.5) to see the change it may bring to the country’s [...]