Major crop prices have been raised significantly in recent years by COVID-19, the war in Ukraine, and weather-induced reductions in South American soybean production by unfavoured weather in 2022. Rising international crop prices are likely to destabilize food security in South Korea, which is highly dependent on foreign crops. This study analyzed the impact of soybean import price changes on the domestic soybean market and soybean food self-sufficiency rate from 2024 to 2029 using a dynamic partial equilibrium model. According to the scenario analysis results, if the import prices rise by 10% compared to the baseline, the soybean food self-sufficiency rate would increase by 1.33% in 2024, but it is expected to decrease to -0.58% in 2029 due to the continuous decrease in production. The results of this study are expected to be used as valuable information for policy authorities in establishing policies related to improving food self-sufficiency.

The purpose of this study is to highlight overseas reductions as one of the measures to achieve Korea's 2030 NDCs, and to derive factors to promote overseas greenhouse gas reduction projects. To this end, a survey was first conducted on greenhouse gas management companies, which are the main entities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The contents of the survey are divided into three categories: awareness of greenhouse gas reduction projects, institutional and technical sectors, and government support and difficulties. Specifically, the perception section on greenhouse gas reduction projects examined the greenhouse gas reduction methods currently implemented or under consideration in the future. In the area of government support and difficulties, difficulties in promoting overseas greenhouse gas reduction projects were investigated. The results of the analysis using the probability selection model are as follows. First, the greater the greenhouse gas intensity, the degree of dedicated manpower, and the larger the size according to the company's business field, the higher the interest in overseas reduction projects. Second, there was discrimination in the method of reducing greenhouse gas emissions according to the size variables of the company, the degree of greenhouse gas intensity, the degree of having dedicated manpower, and the business field. Lastly, in the case of small businesses, difficulties in business promotion due to the lack of greenhouse gas reduction technology were found to be the biggest cause than other problems. Therefore, it is necessary to induce the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by introducing foreign technologies to support greenhouse gas reduction technologies for small and medium-sized enterprises, and to provide support such as training courses for professional manpower and the operation of portals for information provision at the government level.

This study investigates the factors affecting Korean consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for domestic and organic agricultural, livestock, and processed food products. The findings reveal that obesity status, drinking frequency, and dining out frequency positively influence WTP for both domestic and organic products across all categories, while higher personal income, a convenience-seeking lifestyle, and the tendency to make shopping lists have a negative effect. The factors influencing WTP for organic products differ partially based on the country of origin, with dining out expenditure, disease symptoms, purchase of processed foods, and avoidance of risky foods show different impacts between domestic and imported organic products. The category- specific analysis shows that the perceived nutritional value of domestic products significantly affects WTP, except for livestock products. Safety certification preference has a mixed impact, lowering WTP for domestic agricultural and livestock products but increasing it for domestic organic livestock and processed foods. These results provide valuable insights for developing segmentation and differentiation strategies in the domestic agricultural market.

Smart farm farmers invest a lot of facility costs, time and effort. Product differentiation using storytelling marketing is important for the profitability of smart farms, since it is not easy to differentiate products between fruits and vegetables grown in smart farms and conventional facilities. This study empirically analyzes the effect of storytelling marketing on consumers' value perception and willingness to pay for fruit and vegetables grown in smart farms. For this purpose, the survey is conducted on 1,050 consumers and the main results are as follows. First, as a result of evaluating consumers' value perception, consumers perceive the value of comparative products (product 2 and 3) to be higher than the base product (product 1). Product 2 and 3 provide richer stories than product 1. Second, the willingness to pay for product 3, which provides the richest story, was the highest, followed by product 2, and then product 1. This means storytelling marketing could be an effective strategy that increases the value of fruits and vegetables grown in smart farms. Third, more than half of the respondents are willing to use QR codes when purchasing fresh agricultural products. Farmers could use QR codes to provide rich stories for effective storytelling marketing.

고추재배지에 6월 7일부터 8월 26일까지 총 7회 항생제가 처리된 토양중 항생제의 잔류량을 조사한 결과, 조사대상 3종의 항생제(아목시실린, 옥시테트라사이클린 및 클로르테트라사이클린) 모두 background level에서 검출되지 않았으나, background 농도의 10배 농도 처리구와 50배 농도 처리구에서는 2-10 ㎍/kg 이상 수준으로 검출되었다. 자연함유량 수준의 50배 농도 수준으로 고농도로 처리된 경우에도 고추잎(줄기)과 고추 과실에서 모두 검출한계 미만으로 나타났고, 고추뿌리에서만 미량으로 검출되어 농작물의 안전성이 확보된 것으로 판단되지만 다양한 환경에서 다양한 항생제를 대상으로 작물체로의 흡수이행 및 토양환경중 잔류에 대한 장기적인 환경영향평가가 필요할 것으로 판단된다. Background level의 농도 처리구에서는 TF 값이 0으로 나타났으나, backgroud level의 10배 농도 처리구에서 TF 값은 아목시실린 0.45, 옥시테트라사이클린 0.17 클로로테트라사이클린 0.18 이하로 나타났고, background level의 50배 농도 처리구에서 TF 값은 아목시실린 0.52, 옥시테트라사이클린 0.16, 테트라사이클린 0.15 이하로 나타났다. 단기간에 축산용 항생제가 비의도적으로 농경지 토양에 유입될 경우 농경지 토양환경과 농작물 안전성은 우려할 만한 수준은 아니지만, 장기적이고 지속적으로 축산용 항생제가 농경지 토양에 유입될 경우에는 바람직하지 못한 영향을 끼칠 수 있으므로 모니터링과 환경영향평가가 수행되어야 할 것이다.

본 연구는 두당 사료작물 재배면적을 기준으로 0.1 ha 이상을 순환 농가로, 0.01-0.1 ha 사이는 일부 순환농가로, 0.01 ha 이하는 비순환 농가로 구분하여 유기 가축의 모델 구축을 위해 국내 유기 및 자체인증 한우 사육 12농가를 대상으로 질소 유입량과 배출량을 항목별 로 2022년 4월부터 2023년 3월까지 조사하였으며 순환 유형별 질소 수지를 평가하였다. 순환 유형별 자가생산 사료 급여비율은 순환 유기 한우 농장이 44.4%, 일부 순환농장이 15.0%인 반면 비순환농장에서는 4.2%였다. 퇴비의 자가 농경지 자체순환율은 순환농장 98.8%, 일부 순환농장 63.8%, 비순환농장 26.5% 이였으며, 비순환농장의 외부반출비율은 73.5%로 높았다. 연간 두당 질소 수지는 순환농장에서 42 kg, 일부 순환농장 47 kg, 비순환농장은 55 kg로 순환농장이 비순환농장보다 낮았다. 농경지 1 ha당 연간 잉여 질소량은 순환농장 234 kg, 일부 순환농장 1,161 kg, 비순환농장 5,476 kg로 순환 및 일부 순환농장이 비순환농장보다 매우 낮았다. 질소이용율(NUE)은 순환농장에서 54%, 일부 순환농장 36%, 비순환농장 29% 로 순환농장이 일부 순환 및 비순환농장보다 높았다. 결론적으로 한우 두당 사료작물 재배면적이 높은 순환 유기 한우 농장이 비순환 한우 농장보다 질소 수지에서 잉여 질소가 적고 NUE가 높은 결과를 나타내었다. 유기 한우 사육 농장의 질소 수지를 낮추기 위해서는 사료작물 재배 포장을 확보하여 외부 구입 사료량을 줄이는 동시에 가축분뇨 퇴비의 자가이용 순환율을 높이는 자원순환형 생태 유기농업으로 전환이 필요하며, 이를 통하여 유기 축산 농가가 경제성과 환경 생태적으로 지속 가능한 유기 축산의 실현이 가능할 것이다.