Wuhan pneumonia causes backlog in vegetable supply channels for school lunches, farmers call for help from all sectors

Because of the two-week school closure due to Wuhan pneumonia, organic or traceable agricultural products originally supplied for school lunches have nowhere to go, with agricultural losses estimated at tens of millions. The Council of Agriculture responded yesterday (the 6th) that 90 percent of the vegetables had already been matched with distribution channels and military meals, and farmers should suffer no losses. However, after actually asking distribution operators, it was found that even agricultural product companies supplying large chains such as PX Mart and Carrefour had extremely limited capacity to handle the volume. The general manager of Sun Fresh Agricultural Products Co. said: "This week we have received many cries for help from farmers, with at least over 100 metric tons to be handled, but next week we can handle at most 6 metric tons." This is clearly at odds with the Council of Agriculture's statement.

"Friendly Earth Social Enterprise," which exclusively supplies school group meals and is also one of the distribution channels on the farmers' association matching list, also admitted that sales pressure is enormous. In addition to the more than ten contract-farming farmers it works with, it also