초록
Object: The purpose of this study was to survey the government official support status of the agricultural diseases, injuries and accidents among Korea and foreign countries and to suggest the agricultural policy of Korea. Methods: For this purpose, we analyzed the current national management support status among four foreign countries and Korea about agricultural diseases, injuries and accidents of farmers. For the foreign countries and the national support current status of agricultural diseases, injuries and accidents, related literature such as books, theses, articles, and web documents from the government organization of each countries were collected and analyzed. Key words for web-site and web documents were agricultural diseases, injuries, and accidents, government official system, safety and health, farmer's welfare, and farmer's official support system. UK, United States of America, France, and Japan were selected as the foreign countries' cases. Results and Conclusions: Implications for the agricultural diseases, injuries and accidents derived from the reviews among foreign countries and Korea were as follows: governmental supports should include (1) efforts on unifying administrative systems, (2) special support and management systems focusing on special subjects such as the agriculture that have been neglected, (3) aligned strategies including vision, goals, long-term plans about national safety and health projects, (4) development of supporting systems considering the features of agriculture, (5) systemized national surveys about occupational injuries and accidents for basic statistics and national studies, (6) active prevention efforts of agricultural diseases, injuries and accidents, and (8) specialized funds for safety and health of Korean farmers.