The causes of the crisis in kimchi crisis

Why did the "kimchi crisis" happen in Korea? This is caused by the intensification of extreme weather events in recent years. Extreme weather events are when it should rain and when it shouldn't, which is what we call abnormal climate. This is also the egg under global warming. This year, not only South Korea, but also many countries in the world have experienced large-scale extreme weather events. For example, the extreme drought in Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea region caused a large-scale reduction in wheat production, which led to a sharp rise in global wheat prices; There was a big flood in Pakistan, and there was a big problem in rice production. The floods in Hubei, Jiangxi and other major rice producing areas in southern China have put a huge question mark on rice production in China this year. September is the harvest season of Chinese cabbage. Due to extreme weather such as abnormal typhoon and heavy rainfall, the output of Chinese cabbage in Korea has been greatly reduced. In the past, the output of Chinese cabbage in South Korea was 250,000 tons, and this year's output is expected to be only 6.5438+0.5 million tons, a sharp drop of 40%. Koreans consume about 6.5438+0.45 million tons of kimchi every year. Another main reason for the soaring price of Korean cabbage is inflation. In September this year, South Korea's inflation rate hit a new high in 17 months. All kinds of production prices have gone up, and agricultural products can only go up with them. But climate should always be the main reason, which is the characteristic that distinguishes agricultural products from other products.

However, the "pickle shortage" in South Korea this winter originated from Lee Myung-bak's "Four Rivers" project.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak emphasized at the 4th B4E Global Summit held in Seoul on April 22nd this year that the four major river projects are green New Deal projects that pursue environmental protection and economic development at the same time.

The comprehensive management plan of the four major rivers is to manage the four major rivers of Hanjiang River, Luodongjiang River, Jinjiang River and Rongshanhe River to make them have the functions of regulating water flow, flood control and drought relief, and to develop South Korea into a water resource power by solving water quality problems.

This plan will build1728km bicycle-only roads, landmark buildings along the river, bicycle theme parks, solar energy and small hydropower facilities.

Large areas of land along the four major rivers have been expropriated, and the expropriated land is the main production area of cabbage, which is the most fundamental reason for "kimchi crisis".