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Due to the long rainy season, mold grows on fruits and pest damage is very serious on crops. It is harvest season, but it is in a situation where it cannot be sold and has to be discarded.

This is reporter Song In-ho.

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is a greenhouse for growing grapes in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do.

There are clusters of grapes that have not been picked even though they are in season.

Grape grains cracked when I peeled off the pest control paper.

It is the heat and damage that cracks when the skin of a grape that has been filled with moisture bursts.

The tree branches have mold and more than half of the total harvest is discarded.


[Lee Wan-yong/grape cultivation farmers: Even fruits (fungi) are contagious, so there is no commercial value. We are in a situation where we have no choice but to dispose of.] With a

record rainy season lasting more than 50 days, the amount of sunlight required for crops to grow is only half the normal level.

As a result, the outbreaks of diseases and pests are concentrated on crops as well as fruit trees.

Rice plants are dying due to flooding, spreading leaf blast disease and white leaf blight.

In addition, there is a concern about a decrease in the yield as pests such as anchovies and humpback moths are swaying.

Pepper damage is more serious. Some farmers gave up harvest due to outbreaks of anthrax and tobacco moth.

[Andong-hun/Red pepper cultivation farmer: It's been 30 years since farming, but I've never seen a year with a lot of rain like this year. When you come to the field, the peppers fall, but you can't stop farming what to do.]

The bigger problem is after the rainy season is over.

[Goinbae/Rural Development Administration Facility Gardening Technician: There is a risk of spreading (pests and pests) when the rainy season ends and the temperature becomes high. Farmers must carefully observe their fields and ensure timely control.] In

the case of damage from crops, diseases and pests, even if you have purchased disaster insurance, it is difficult to calculate the damage, so it is difficult to receive proper compensation.

(Video coverage: Oh Young-chun, video editing: Ha Seong-won)

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