The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has teamed up with retail chains to set up affordable cabbage sections in stores to stabilize prices and meet consumer demand after Typhoon Danas caused serious damage to farms in central and southern Taiwan earlier this month.
The ministry’s Agriculture and Food Agency on Sunday said that it is working with farmers’ organizations to manage refrigerated vegetable inventories and ensure stable market supply.
The agency has also partnered with 1,581 supermarket and hypermarket branches across the nation to set up cabbage promotion zones, where each head of cabbage is priced no more than NT$90.
Photo: Chen Kuan-bei, Taipei Times
The promotion, which started on Saturday, is to run until Sunday next week, at the following retail chains: PX Mart (1,230 stores), RT-Mart (20 stores), Carrefour (67 hypermarkets and 250 supermarkets) and A.mart (14 stores).
The typhoon primarily affected areas south of Changhua County, leaving highland-grown cabbages and facility-grown vegetables in northern Taiwan relatively unaffected, the agency said.
Supplies of vegetables such as leafy greens from Taoyuan, highland cabbages, sprouts, root vegetables and mushrooms are stable, it said.
Additionally, there is ample cabbage inventory from this year’s winter harvest and international shipping remains stable, allowing imports of vegetables to supplement domestic demand, the agency said.
Weather conditions in agricultural areas have recently stabilized and farmers in affected regions have begun preparing land for replanting, the agency said.
Supply of leafy greens and gourds should gradually recover early next month, it said.
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