School lunch delivery is suspended due to postponed school opening due to the spread of Corona 19, which may cause damage to farms.

With the corona 19 spreading to the metropolitan area, the possibility of further delays in school opening is growing, and the growing cultivation of crops with short storage periods is deepening.

According to Jeonbuk-do, there are over 270 tons of food materials such as eco-friendly agricultural products that were not delivered to schools in the province during the full-time delay due to school opening.

It is estimated that the amount of damage will reach 2 billion won.

Considering that most of these eco-friendly agricultural products are vegetables, the damage is likely to increase with time.

Crops that could not be delivered on time are not harvested and used for compost or sold to traditional markets for a low price.

Farmers must bear the losses incurred in this process.

The pioneering of new outlets is also unsuccessful.

Most farmers who supply eco-friendly agricultural products to schools secure early sales channels through contract cultivation, so it is not easy to penetrate new customers.

In addition, the farmers explained that leafy vegetables, which are shipped intensively in the spring, are difficult to bring to market due to the nature of their growth.

Cho Seong-geun, director of the Jeonbuk Eco-Friendly Farmers' Federation, said, “It looks like a large mart, but even if you try to sell agricultural products, there are farmers who have already entered the contract, so it is difficult to enter.” "I followed."

Jeollabuk-do and provincial offices of education are campaigning to sell packages containing eco-friendly agricultural products that have been blocked due to the opening of school, but they are unable to conserve the loss of farmhouses because they are only small-scale sales channels for internal employees such as public officials.

An official of the province said, "It is determined that it is difficult to supply eco-friendly agricultural products to other institutions such as government offices and military units, but there are already farms already being delivered." Corona 19 is a nationwide infectious disease that is not limited to one region. "It is impossible to develop a market through this."

In addition, he added, "I think that there is a limit to the consumption promotion movement targeting public officials, and realistic measures for supporting farmers are being discussed at the province level."