date:Jun 23, 2021
Seongju County in North Gyeongsang Province is famous for Oriental melons, which are a main source of revenue for farmers in the region that is known to produce some 70 percent of the fruit available in Korea. Seongju County Agriculture Technology Center reported that as most of the farmers are elderly, they are switching to crops that are less physically demanding to grow.
An increasing number of Seongju farmers, however, are giving up this profitable crop due to their age. As this generation