Some Korean farmers are also doing good beyond their borders. A group here are sharing rice-planting techniques with farmers in Kenya.
Rice exports from Korea may not be available yet in the local supermarkets but we can already buy Korean-grown strawberries, mushrooms and seaweed in addition to tubs of gochujang and doenjang. Asian appetites for Korean agricultural products is on the rise as we learn to cook our own kimchi chigae and japchae but what's less clear is how the dwindling number of farmers can meet the growing demand for Korean food products outside its country.
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