date:Jan 23, 2019
Climate change could soon turn the South Korean mainland into a producer of bananas, mangoes and passion fruit. Bananas already grow on the sub-tropical Jeju Island off the southern coast, but farmers elsewhere are reporting successes.
Agronomists in Heunghae in the south-east of the country say planting went smoothly last year, and that farmers expect to harvest the fruit in mid-March, while their counterparts in Taean County in the south-west hope to gather their bananas in February.
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