맥류 생산 수급 전망과 대책

Prospect of Wheat and Barley Production, Consumption and Supply in Korea

Food Self-sufficiency rate in Korea was 26.4 percent in 1996. It include 89.9% for rice, 99.6% for root and tuber crops, and 73.5% for barley. To make things worse, self-sufficiency for wheat and corn were far less than 1 percent. As food is considered as weapon, every effort should be given to increase the self-sufficiency. In order to cope with expected food crisis, we suggest wheat and barley be grown in winter period, where there is climate fit. The aim of this paper is to survey systematically the status of food supply and demand of wheat and barley and to encourage farmers make double cropping systems with better stability in yield and economic return.