아열대채소의 국내 생산⋅유통 및 국내거주 외국인 소비 실태

Abstract

Global warming has become world-wide issue due to its negative impacts on ecosystem and human lives. As a policy to deal with global warming problems, fourteen of subtropical vegetables such as okra and bitter gourd, have been adopted in Korea since 2011. This paper examines production, marketing situations, and consumer's purchasing pattern for some subtropical vegetables. We had interviews with producers and dealers, and also conducted a survey on foreigners residing at Korea who have experienced consuming the vegetables across 4 regional markets. From the interview and the survey, we found that i)domestic consumers’ recognition for the vegetables is low ii)the markets of subtropical vegetables are quite volatile for supply, and iii)consumers cannot access easily to the vegetables because of high prices, lack of items and stores.