{"id":43639,"date":"2020-01-27T15:00:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T06:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=43639"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:16:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:16:48","slug":"greenhouse-vegetables-an-end-north-koreas-food-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/greenhouse-vegetables-an-end-north-koreas-food-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenhouse vegetables: An end to N. Korea&#8217;s food shortages?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea is making an effort to overcome its food shortages by expanding its greenhouse-based vegetable and fruit production industry, Daily NK sources recently reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, Haeju strawberries, once regarded as a specialty of that area, are now grown throughout the country in greenhouses. North Koreans no longer need to make huge batches of kimchi to get through the winter; now they can just purchase greenhouse-grown Napa cabbage, Korean radish, cucumber, eggplant and more in local markets all-year-round.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Daily NK sources recently reported, however, that of the many vegetables cultivated in greenhouses, garlic chives are one of the most popular.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGarlic chives grown in Pyongsong, Pyongyang, and Yangdok County are popular in the markets,\u201d a Pyongyang-based source recently told Daily NK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNorth Koreans have a lot of dumplings to celebrate the new year, the Great Full Moon [first full moon of the lunar new year] and Kim Jong Il\u2019s birthday [Jan. 8]. Dumplings taste so much better with garlic chives in them,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MORE <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PUCHO <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FOR THE PEOPLE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In North Korea, garlic chives are called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pucho <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as opposed<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">buchu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a term used commonly in South Korea. Although <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pucho<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the standard term for garlic chives in the country, some North Koreans refer to them as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manulpa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or literally \u201cgarlic leeks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garlic chives are generally planted in the spring and harvested in the fall, but now North Koreans have access to fresh greenhouse-grown garlic chives in the winter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLast season we cultivated <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pucho <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the open air, but now we just cultivate them inside the greenhouses, regardless of the season,\u201d one source told Daily NK. \u201cThey\u2019re nutritious and fragrant so a lot of North Koreans enjoy them in their winter dishes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFamilies love putting garlic chives into dumplings eaten during the holidays because they enhance their taste,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea&#8217;s government appears intent to extol the benefits of garlic chives. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A North Korean document acquired by Daily NK last year remarked: \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pucho<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a perennial green in the garlic family, nutritionally dense and with a unique scent and flavor. It protects against cerebral hemorrhage and the hardening of the arteries, and is effective in preventing as well as treating bronchitis, neurasthenia, hemorrhage and skin infections. It is particularly effective in protecting and improving one\u2019s health.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources told Daily NK that, in general, greenhouse vegetables cultivated in the winter are pricier than those grown during other seasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SOLVING NORTH KOREA\u2019S FOOD PROBLEMS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farms are building more greenhouses to cultivate garlic chives in the winter to meet growing demand of North Koreans seeking fresh vegetables.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Areas outside of major cities like Pyongyang and Pyongsong, however, will likely have trouble producing enough greenhouse-cultivated vegetables to meet demand, sources said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pyongyang Vegetable Science Institute is reportedly providing general \u201ctechnical support\u201d for greenhouse-based cultivation in the provinces. The lack of materials and expertise, however, make it extremely difficult for isolated farms to build and maintain greenhouses, sources reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nonetheless, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has focused heavily on the cultivation of greenhouse vegetables as a solution to North Korea\u2019s food shortages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After ordering the construction of a large-scale greenhouse complex in Gyongsong County, North Hamgyong Province, he paid the construction site a visit last October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>North Korean state media has also been praising the benefits of greenhouses and the <em>pucho<\/em> they cultivate.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSeveral years ago, there was a story on [North Korean] television about a state-run company that cultivated garlic chives and gave their employees a share of the crops,\u201d said a source.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese days, farms, enterprises and even the military have their own greenhouses to cultivate <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pucho<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Translated by Violet Kim<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%ED%95%9C%EA%B2%A8%EC%9A%B8-%EB%B6%80%EC%B6%94%EB%A1%9C-%EC%A3%BC%EB%AF%BC%EB%93%A4-%EB%A7%9B%EA%B3%BC-%EA%B1%B4%EA%B0%95-%EB%AA%A8%EB%91%90-%EC%B1%99%EA%B2%A8-%EC%98%A8%EC%8B%A4-%EB%82%A8%EC%83%88\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea is making an effort to overcome its food shortages by expanding its greenhouse-based vegetable and fruit production industry, Daily NK sources recently reported.\u00a0 For example, Haeju strawberries, once regarded as a specialty of that area, are now grown throughout the country in greenhouses. 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