Factors affecting the price of cabbage: resistance to storage and transportation affects the domestic price? Agricultural examination hopes to replace imports

Farmers are used to planting cabbage in winter, but due to concentrated production period, overproduction and other reasons, prices have fallen. As a result, agricultural testing institutes have introduced varieties of cabbage that are resistant to storage and transportation, which make it easier to store and preserve them, and reduce the harm caused by sharp price fluctuations to farmers. however, due to the fear of danger and the price of cabbage in summer, the Agricultural Test Institute clarified that Taiwan needs to import cabbage to meet domestic demand in summer and autumn. The purpose of introducing storage-resistant varieties is to replace imported cabbage, not to replace early autumn cabbage in high-cold producing areas.

According to the statistics of the Council of Agriculture, more than 32,000 metric tons of cabbage were imported last year, mainly from Indonesia and Vietnam, mainly from May to November, with a quantity of more than 27,000 tons, more than 80 percent of the whole year. Su Mao-hsiang, Deputy Director of Agriculture and Food, shot a film saying that Taiwan grows cabbage with an area of about 8,000 hectares a year, accounting for about 60% in winter and 40% in summer and autumn, and can only rely on cold producing areas in summer. Flat land can only produce a small number of heat-resistant varieties of cabbage, and it is often affected by typhoon rains, so the supply can not meet the demand, so imports are needed to supplement the shortage.

Outsiders think that once the storage and transportation-resistant cabbage is promoted, the summer price of Korean vegetables will be affected. Su Maoxiang said that because Taiwanese like to cook Korean vegetables by hot stir-frying, most farmers plant early autumn, which is suitable for hot stir-frying. However, in early autumn, the moisture content in early autumn is high, and it is not easy to store and transport. The varieties of Korean cabbage resistant to storage and transportation can be selected by agricultural tests, which can adjust the domestic Korean vegetable supply and stabilize the price, through vacuum precooling and low temperature cold storage technology. Extending the supply period to the summer can reduce the dependence on imported Korean vegetables.

Wang Santai, director of Fengshan Branch of Agricultural examination Institute, explained that cabbage can be roughly divided into three kinds of price belts, and the price and taste are ranked in the following order: early autumn, 228 and imported cabbage. The taste of Gaoli, a storage and transportation resistant variety introduced in this agricultural test, is between 228 and imported Gaoli. The imported varieties that are resistant to storage and transportation mainly want to replace imported cabbage, which "will not replace the early summer and early autumn in high-cold producing areas." instead, they hope to replace imported cabbage and provide low-price buffet operators, or dumpling processors.

The agricultural testing institute introduces varieties of cabbage that are resistant to storage and transportation, which are easier to keep in cold storage and reduce the harm to farmers caused by drastic price fluctuations.