• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.50 no.4
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• pp.953-966
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• 2023

As the importance of renewable energy diffusion spreads, promotion of sustainable renewable energy projects such as agrivoltaics is expected to accelerate. Furthermore, to promote agrivoltaics projects, it must be considered the legislation related to agrivoltaics and Chungnam Province's local policy. This research focuses on the selection of the most suitable sites for agrivoltaics installations in Chungnam Province in South Korea. Therefore, the process of this research was as follows. First, the legislation related to agrivoltaics and local policy in Chungnam Province were identified. Second, it employs an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to consider important criteria and their weights for site selection. Third, based on the weights calculated AHP, geographic information system (GIS) was performed to select most suitable location selection of agrivoltaics installations in Chungnam Province. The analysis identified approximately 60 promising most suitable location for agrivoltaics installations in Chungnam Province, primarily in the northern part of Chungnam Province. These areas are expected to meet electricity demands in nearby regions since these are relatively adjacent to Gyeonggi Province. According to the results of research, policy suggestions related to agrivoltaics were presented separately into the agricultural sector and the electricity power sector. The study's results serve as a valuable resource for future national-level candidate site selection for agrivoltaics projects.

• Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.95-103
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• 1994

Recently Korean government has proceeded to reorganize agricultural extension system as a part of reduction plan of national governmental body. Function and characteristics of agricultural extension system under the localization was presented in the view of long term agricultural development policy.

• Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.11-13
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• 1994

This study surveys recent development in the service in Korea agricultural extension, including organization, human resource, budgeting, major works. The study, then, reviews the direction of new agricultural policy and the problems in extension service to present the optimal reform for the Agricultural Extension Service.

• Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 1994

This study reviews the actual changes in Korean agricultural, including direction of agricultural policy and development process of the Korean agricultural extension work as well as recent problems. The study, then, presents future direction of the agriculture extension work for the century 21.

• International Area Studies Review
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.3-23
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• 2008

We investigated the effects of policy reform, industrial transformation, and initial conditions on the agricultural productivity changes in 28 transition countries. Our findings are: (i) Asian and CEE transition countries performed better than CIS countries, while the performance improvement of CEE countries seems to be more prominent compared to that of Asian and CIS countries; (ii) The technical progress proved to be the main source of productivity growth, particularly in CEE countries; (iii) Reform policy and industrial transformation seems to have positive effects on the performance of agricultural sector and its changes; (iv) The initial conditions also matter.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.57 no.4
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• pp.73-84
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• 2015

An embankment raising project on 113 agricultural reservoirs in Korea was implemented in 2009 to increase water supply capacity for agricultural water and instream uses. This study evaluated the future water supply capacity of the Imgo reservoir at which the agricultural reservoir embankment raising project was completed, considering climate change scenarios. The height of the embankment of the reservoir was increased by 4.5 m, thereby increasing its total storage from 1,657.0 thousand to 3,179.5 thousand cubic meters. To simulate the reservoir water storage with respect to climate changes, two climate change scenarios, namely, RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 (in which greenhouse gas reduction policy was executed and not executed, respectively) were applied with bias correction for reflecting the climate characteristics of the target basin. The analysis result of the agricultural water supply capacity in the future, after the agricultural reservoir embankment raising project is implemented, revealed that the water supply reliability and the agricultural water supply increased, regardless of the climate change scenarios. By simulating the reservoir water storage considering the instream flow post completion of the embankment raising project, it was found that water shortage in the reservoir in the future is not likely to occur when it is supplied with an appropriate instream flow. The range of instream flow tends to decrease over time under RCP 8.5, in which the greenhouse gas reduction policy was not executed, and the restoration of reservoir storage was lower in this scenario than in RCP 4.5, in which greenhouse gas reduction policy was executed.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.61 no.5
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• pp.49-55
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• 2019

This study attempted to investigate the changes in the perception of local government officials about agricultural infrastructure improvement projects due to the financial policy changes. A total of 141 local government officials were surveyed on the priority, the current status of the agricultural infrastructure improvement projects. Irrigation facilities renovation project and Small drainage improvement project had generally high priority, while Support project of cultivation basis for upland crops in paddy, Large scale land readjustment project, and Upland infrastructure improvement project had low priorities. After the introduction of the block grant system, agricultural infrastructure improvement projects had often been conducted by collecting opinions from local residents. The officials in charge of local governments recognized that the agricultural infrastructure improvement projects were reduced due to lack of financial resources and project potential sites. In response to the changes in the agricultural infrastructure improvement projects, most of the surveys showed that the influence of cities and provinces was strengthened. In addition, respondents most needed to improve the subsidy rate and there were a large number of cases requiring differential support to meet the characteristics of the local government. Therefore, it will be necessary to present a new perspective on the agricultural infrastructure improvement projects and to suggest differentiated projects for each regions.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.464-473
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• 2008

Winter migratory birds gather in paddy rice fields to feed shed rice grains. The Korean Ministry of Environment has practiced a policy program Contract on Paddy Field Management (CPFM) during winter fallow since 2002. This program starts with a contract between local governments and farmers, and the government pays a differential subsidy to farmers who finish spreading rice straw, cultivating barley, letting the whole rice plant without harvest, and submerging paddy fields for winter migratory birds. As more local governments have operated CPFM program, the total area on the contract and subsidy budget has increased yearly since 2002. This program could have its stable position as a successful policy by giving profits to farmers. With the program extended, the population of winter migratory birds has been greatly. For the evaluation of environmental performance of a policy, we analyzed this CPFM program by introducing some indicators in the form of Driving Force-State-Response Framework. The indicators were composed of 3 categorized indicators; the area of paddy land contracted under this program as 'driving force' indicator, population of birds, the number of bird species and the amount of feces as 'state' indicators, and the size of monetary support, the number of farmers or local governments participating, and public perception as 'response' indicators. The contract area of paddy field under CPFM could be a good biodiversity indicator reflecting potential performance of this policy measure in the light of its linkage to the population of winter migratory birds. And the share of CPFM land of the whole agricultural land might also be used as a useful indicator of policy evaluation for improvement of wildlife diversity. The 'state' indicators such as population of birds and the number of bird species could be matched to 'driving force' indicator, but the total CPFM area of each site could not reflect the effect of areas under different management practices. However, the amount of bird feces could reflect differences in environmental performance with management practices as 'state' indicators. The development of indicators indicating 'response' such as farmers' behavior, public perception, and policy makers' willingness is also needed to support a successful implementation and improvement of this policy measure with the development of 'performance' indicators integrating all these indicators.

• Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.265-280
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• 2022

Rural life improvement has remained a key policy concern for the governments of most developing countries. However, developing countries mostly focused on agricultural productivity and technology development while implementing rural development policies. This paper was aimed at constructing the trends and identify the major tasks implemented through the rural life improvement programs in Korea and describing rural development efforts in Ethiopia after the Second World War. The data was generated through an intensive review of literature and focus group interview in Korea. The two countries in general and their rural areas in particular, were poor and almost similar initially. While the condition of rural Korea rapidly transformed since 1960s, rural Ethiopia has not yet experienced major improvement. Although different rural development efforts have been made in Ethiopia, erratic policies implemented by the different political regimes across time emerge to be one of the main factors behind the poor performance of the of the rural sector. Further, while the Korean government's rural development policy gave equal emphasis to improvement of agricultural production base as well as rural life improvement right from its inception, the Ethiopian rural development policy has rather neglected the rural life improvement aspect. Diversification of rural economy was also another priority area in Korea's rural development policy through agro-processing, rural tourism, and non-farm employment opportunities whereas this has not been the case in Ethiopia's rural development policy. We suggest some lessons that Ethiopia might adapt for its rural life improvement endeavors.

• Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.371-388
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• 2004

헝가리는 15년간의 정치, 경제적 체제 변환 후에 2004년 5월 1일 유럽연합(EU)의 정식 회원국이 되었다. 유럽연합 가입은 유럽연합의 법률과 공동 농업 정책(Common Agricultural Policy, CAP)의 도입을 포함한 길고 복잡한 과정의 산물이면서, 농업 문제의 새로운 국면을 초래하였다. 농업분야에서 핵심이 되는 논제는 공동 농업 정책의 규칙을 도입하는 동안 효율성과 경쟁성을 유지하는 것이었다. 헝가리 농업 및 농촌개발부의 주요 문헌자료에 기초하여 유럽연합 가입 시기의 헝가리 농업의 전반적인 실태와 문제에 대하여 고찰하였다. 아울러, 유럽연합 회원국과의 관계에서 농업의 문제와 앞으로의 과제를 전망하고자 하였다. 헝가리가 유럽연합 회원국이 되기 위한 준비로 주목할 만한 것은 2003년 정부가 새로운 규정을 법률(governmental regulation # 81/2003)로서 정하고 농업 및 지역개발청(Agricultural and Regional Development Office)을 설치하여 공동농업정책과의 원활한 통합을 추진하고 있다는 점이다. 특히 농업 및 지역개발청은 헝가리에서의 유럽연합 공동농업정책의 운용을 총괄하고 있다는 점이다.