The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is promoting rice noodles amid a worldwide shortage of other grain. An official said the ministry has started developing 100 percent rice noodle to increase the consumption of rice and curtail demand for wheat. Only 6,000 tons of rice was used to make noodles last year, but a total of 116,000 tons of other grains were consumed for the purpose.
The government plans to divert some of rice imported for making alcoholic drinks to manufacturing noodles. Some 220,000 tons of imported rice is used to make liquor a year. An increase in domestic rice noodle production will also reduce imports from Vietnam.
President Lee Myung-bak in a meeting early this week discussed with his Cabinet measures to make instant noodles with rice. In January when he was the president elect, Lee had said Korea should devise ways to replace expensive wheat with rice, noting that all Southeast Asian countries eat rice noo
The government plans to divert some of rice imported for making alcoholic drinks to manufacturing noodles. Some 220,000 tons of imported rice is used to make liquor a year. An increase in domestic rice noodle production will also reduce imports from Vietnam.
President Lee Myung-bak in a meeting early this week discussed with his Cabinet measures to make instant noodles with rice. In January when he was the president elect, Lee had said Korea should devise ways to replace expensive wheat with rice, noting that all Southeast Asian countries eat rice noo
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