• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.648-661
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• 1996

The traditional von Thunen model has various shortcomings. Perhaps the greatest dificiency is the model's sole emphasis on the production side of the economy;that is, the agricultural markets are rarely closed for demand. In thes paoer a closed model for a three-activity, two-dimensional economy is developed. Equillibrium solutions are generated for prices, land areas, and outputs. Comparative static analysis then follows. Attention is next given to a maximum expected-return model under environmental uncertainty. Land uses for the traditional model and the closed model are then compared.

• Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.283-294
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• 2013

Root-rot disease is a serious problem in ginger cultivation fields and it reduces the quality and productivity of ginger. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of different soil physical and chemical properties on the changes of ginger growth. As comparing the selected soil chemical properties after harvesting the ginger plants with those before planting them, the contents of total nitrogen and exchangeable $Mg^{2+}$ increased, whereas electrical conductivity (EC) and exchangeable $K^+$ content decreased. Potassium (K) concentrations in ginger plant were markedly higher in both its shoot and root parts ranging from 63.9 to $72.3g\;kg^{-1}$ and from 27.6 to $37.3g\;kg^{-1}$, respectively, which might be related to the decrease of exchangeable $K^+$ content in soils. Incidence rate of ginger root-rot disease in the plots ranges between 26.7% and 88.1%. It was higher in low elevation plots with clay loam soils than in high elevation plots. In addition, the incidence of the disease increased as affected by high temperature and humid condition during the growth and maturity stages of ginger. Therefore, soil texture, field slop, and drainage system as well as chemical properties should be considered to cultivate ginger plant.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.136-136
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• 2016

현재 전 세계적으로 지속적인 인구증가와 도시화 및 산업화 영향으로 물, 에너지, 식량의 수요증가와 공급부족이 예상되는 가운데, 급격한 기후변화와 자원고갈로 인해 이는 더욱 가속화되고 심화될 위기에 직면하였다. 특히 물의 수요는 증가하나 공급은 제한되어 있어 지속가능한 인류의 생존을 위하여 인간에게 꼭 필요한 에너지와 식량의 문제를 물을 중심으로 상관성을 찾고 효율적인 물활용 방법을 개발하고 정책화할 필요가 있다. 세계 물공급량 중 농업으로는 70%, 에너지로는 15%로 소비되고 있다. 또한 유럽과 미국은 발전용 냉각수로 각각 담수총량의 43%, 50%를 사용하고 있는 등, 세계는 물, 식량 그리고 에너지 수급의 불균형이 심화되고 상호 위기가 증폭되고 있다. 향후 인간의 삶에 절대적으로 필요한 세가지 자원이 복합적으로 연계되어 상호 위기가 증폭될 수 있는 실정이나, 우리나라는 개별자원에 대한 관리 및 운영기술은 상당한 수준이지만 아직까지 연계성을 고려하여 자원간의 효율성을 찾는 물-에너지-식량 연계(Water-Energy-Food Nexus, WEF Nexus)에 대한 관리 및 기술은 부족한 실정이다. 국제적으로 세자원의 연계상황이 선진국과 개도국간에 편차가 크고, 사막지대 등 자연조건이 열악한 지역에서 자원들간의 위기 연계성이 높은 상황이므로 우리나라도 물-에너지-식량의 연계위기 상황을 정확히 파악하고 미래 환경변화에 대한 대응방안 수립이 필요하나, 현재 국내 물관리에 있어 저수지나 수리시설 관리가 제대로 실행되지 못하고 있어 이를 방치할 경우 중장기적으로 식량 및 에너지생산에 있어 부족이 우려되고 있다. 또한 부처간의 행정적인 간격으로 물-에너지-식량의 연계성 연구 및 정책수립에 있어서 자료 등이 절대적으로 부족한 실정이기 때문에 체계적으로 빅데이터 기반의 DB구축 및 인벤토리 정의 등도 현재시점에서는 절대적으로 필요하다고 할 수 있다. WEF Nexus를 실현하기 위해서는 각 자원간의 효율성을 극대화하여야 한다. 과거에는 개별적 자원의 확보를 추구했다면 이제부터는 각 자원간의 상생을 통한 연계성을 확보하여 서로간의 자원 확보를 고려하여 개발하여야 한다. 이를 위해 현재의 자원확보에 대한 문제점들을 고려하여, 상호 연계를 통한 효율성을 확보하고 그 효율성이 각 자원에 영향을 주어 시너지효과를 발생시킬 수 있는 방안으로 진행되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.326-332
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• 2001

To investigate a fertility status of upland soil, the soil were sampled at 854 sites chosen in consideration of areal distribution percent on the basis of topography and were analyzed on pH, organic mater, available phosphorus ($P_2O_5$), exchangeable potassium and calcium and magnesium. The content of soil chemical properties showed pH 5.6, organic mater $24g\;kg^{-1}$, available $P_2O_5$ $577mg\;kg^{-1}$, exchangeable potassium and calcium and magnesium were 0.85, 4.5, $1.4cmol^+kg^{-1}$, respectively. The distribution percent of soil samples within the optimum range for cropping were 13.4% for pH, 46.7% for organic matter. 27.4% for available $P_2O_5$, 10.7, 15.8, 18.3% for exchangeable potassium and calcium and magnesium, respectively. In chronological changes of soil properties, exchangeable calcium and magnesium were ignorable ; pH was slightly decreased ; organic matter was slightly increased ; available $P_2O_5$ and exchangeable potassium were greatly increased.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.53 no.spc
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• pp.9-14
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• 2008

This experiment was carried out to clarify the effect of various transplanting dates and agroclimatic zones on quality of brown rice and yield of a pigmented rice variety ‘Josaengheugchal’. The black density of brown rice in Jecheon (central inland region) showed a slight difference among the transplanting dates, but in Cheongwon (western sobaek inland region) that had increased at the transplanting dates of June 10th to 20th. cyanidin 3-glucoside (C3G) content at the same transplanting date in Jecheon was higher than Cheongwon, and the overall C3G content was increased at the later transplanting dates. The optimum transplanting date estimated by brown rice yields and C3G content was May 11th (491 kg/10a) in Jecheon and June 16th (468 kg/10a) in Cheongwon.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.224-236
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• 2002

A long-term growth simulation was performed at 496 land units in the western coastal plains (WCP) of North Korea to test the potential adaptability of each land unit for growing South Korean rice cultivars. The land units for rice cultivation (CZU), each of them represented by a geographically referenced 5 by 5 km grid tell, were identified by analyzing satellite remote sensing data. Surfaces of monthly climatic normals for daily maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation number of rain days and solar radiation were generated at a 1 by 1 km interval by spatial statistical methods using observed data at 51 synoptic weather stations in North and South Korea during 1981-2000. Grid cells felling within a same CZU and, at the same time, corresponding to the satellite data- identified rice growing pixels were extracted and aggregated to make a spatially explicit climatic normals relevant to the rice growing area of the CZU. Daily weather dataset for 30 years was randomly generated from the monthly climatic normals of each CZU. Growth and development parameters of CERES-rice model suitable for 11 major South Korean cultivars were derived from long-term field observations. Eight treatments comprised of 2 transplanting dates $\times$ 2 cropping systems $\times$ 2 irrigation methods were assigned to each cultivar. Each treatment was simulated with the randomly generated 30 years' daily weather data (from planting to physiological maturity) for 496 land units in WCP to simulate the growth and yield responses to the interannual climate variation. The same model was run with the input data from the 3 major crop experiment stations in South Korea to obtain a 30 year normal performance of each cultivar, which was used as a "reference" for comparison. Results were analyzed with respect to spatial and temporal variation in yield and maturity, and used to evaluate the suitability of each land unit for growing a specific South Korean cultivar. The results may be utilized as decision aids for agrotechnology transfer to North Korea, for example, germplasm evaluation, resource allocation and crop calendar preparation.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.175-182
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• 2000

Spatial interpolation of daily temperature forecasts and observations issued by public weather services is frequently required to make them applicable to agricultural activities and modeling tasks. In contrast to the long term averages like monthly normals, terrain effects are not considered in most spatial interpolations for short term temperatures. This may cause erroneous results in mountainous regions where the observation network hardly covers full features of the complicated terrain. We developed a spatial interpolation model for daily minimum temperature which combines inverse distance squared weighting and elevation difference correction. This model uses a time dependent function for 'mountain slope lapse rate', which can be derived from regression analyses of the station observations with respect to the geographical and topographical features of the surroundings including the station elevation. We applied this model to interpolation of daily minimum temperature over the mountainous Korean Peninsula using 63 standard weather station data. For the first step, a primitive temperature surface was interpolated by inverse distance squared weighting of the 63 point data. Next, a virtual elevation surface was reconstructed by spatially interpolating the 63 station elevation data and subtracted from the elevation surface of a digital elevation model with 1 km grid spacing to obtain the elevation difference at each grid cell. Final estimates of daily minimum temperature at all the grid cells were obtained by applying the calculated daily lapse rate to the elevation difference and adjusting the inverse distance weighted estimates. Independent, measured data sets from 267 automated weather station locations were used to calculate the estimation errors on 12 dates, randomly selected one for each month in 1999. Analysis of 3 terms of estimation errors (mean error, mean absolute error, and root mean squared error) indicates a substantial improvement over the inverse distance squared weighting.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.161-172
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• 2018

A mixed farming system that includes organic rice production and freshwater fish farming is being called into attention in Korean agricultural industry and rural areas in order to improve farm management and environmental conservation. This study was conducted to evaluate the environmental and ecological value of such mixed farming practices. Expert assessment and rapid assessment method (RAM) of wetland evaluation were employed for this study. Experts have responded that biodiversity conservation including amphibian and reptile habitat (2.39), aquatic insect habitat (2.36), Fishery habitat (2.34), vegetation diversity (2.13), avian habitat (2.05), and experience and education were the most important function of mixed farming. The wetland function evaluation conducted using modified RAM indicated that rice-fish mixed system showed improvements in most of the evaluated functions, compared to the conventional rice paddies. The overall wetland function of rice paddies in rice-fish mixed system was greatly improved as compared with the conventional rice paddies. Rice paddies are known to play an important role in biodiversity maintenance, and provide ecosystem services such as climate modulation and carbon reduction. Rice-fish mixed system of farming may not only improve various ecosystem services of rice paddies, but may increase farm income through value added fish farming, as well as promotion of social services such as education and maintenance of tradition. Additional research is needed for quantitative analysis of the values gained from the most improved wetland function when mixed farming system is actually put into practice, and to utilize the results in advertising of the organic rice, and in various sectors such as food, education and direct payment policy.