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Analysis of the Impact of Environmental Consciousness and Behaviors on Regional Development - Focused on Jinan-gun - (농업인의 환경의식과 실천이 지역발전에 미치는 영향 분석 - 진안군을 중심으로 -)

  • Moon, Soo-Hee;Jang, Dong-Heon
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.451-470
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    • 2022
  • Recently, the environment has been recognized as an important factor in increasing competitiveness in the industry. In agriculture and rural areas, the environment is becoming important in terms of the competitive advantage of agricultural products and continued regional development. This study intended to provide farmers with basic data for the continuous development of local agriculture through exploratory studies of environmental behaviors and regional development. In this study, 107 questionnaires were used for analysis of farmers in Jinan County to analyze the impact of farmers' environmental consciousness on regional development, and the research model was verified using a structural equation model. As a result of the analysis, it was analyzed that among the components of the environmental consciousness of farmers, environmental health has a statistically significant positive effect on environmental behaviors, while environmental interest and soil environment do not have an impact. The environmental behaviors of farmers have not been shown to be statistically significant to regional development. As a result of the analysis of this research, first, it is necessary to foster at the local level by establishing a customized fostering system for each village and region, such as education and technical support to vitalize the participation of young farmers and small and medium-sized farmers through the establishment of an Eco-friendly agricultural organization support system. It is necessary to raise public awareness of the public good function of agriculture and expand opportunities for sharing the value of Eco-friendly agriculture.

Evaluation of SERS Nanoparticles to Detect Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis

  • Hong, Jeehwa;Qin, Jianwei;Van Kessel, Jo Ann S.;Oh, Mirae;Dhakal, Sagar;Lee, Hoonsoo;Hwang, Chansong;Chan, Diane E.;Kim, Dongho;Cho, Hyunjeong;Kim, Moon S.
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.43 no.4
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    • pp.394-400
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: This research evaluated five types of nanoparticles to develop a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) method for the rapid detection of two Bacillus species (Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis) that are commonly found on fresh produce, which can cause food poisoning. Methods: Bacterial concentrations were adjusted to a constant turbidity, and a total of $30{\mu}L$ of each Bacillus cell suspension was prepared for each nanoparticle. A point-scan Raman system with laser light source of wavelength 785 nm was used to obtain SERS data. Results: There was no qualitative difference in the SERS data of B. cereus and B. thuringiensis for any of the five nanoparticles. Three gold nanoparticles, stabilized in either citrate buffer or ethanol, showed subtle differences in Raman intensities of two Bacillus species at $877.7cm^{-1}$. Conclusions: Among the three types of nanoparticles, the gold nanoparticles stabilized in citrate buffer showed the lowest standard deviation, followed by gold nanoparticles stabilized in ethanol. This result supports the potential application of gold nanoparticles for SERS-based detection of B. cereus and B. thuringiensis.

Emergy Evaluation of Korean Agriculture (한국 농업의 에머지 평가)

  • Kang, Daeseok
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.26 no.9
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    • pp.1087-1099
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    • 2017
  • Emergy methodology was used to analyze the biophysical basis of Korean agriculture and assess its sustainablility. Total yearly emergy input into Korean agriculture was $7.72{\times}10^{22}sej/yr$ in 2013. Purchased inputs were the dominant emergy source, accounting for 90.1% ($6.95{\times}10^{22}sej/yr$) of the annual input. This clearly indicates that the Korean agriculture is a modern, industrialized system that depends mostly on market goods and services derived from nonrenewable resources. The monetary equivalent of the total emergy input was 18.9 trillion \/yr, 1.5 times greater than the total production cost from farm expense surveys. Emergy return on investment of Korean agriculture was low, with an emergy yield ratio of 1.11. Korean agriculture appears to exert pressure on the environment as revealed by the high environmental loading ratio of 9.30. With very low emergy input from renewable sources (9.7%) and high environmental pressure, Korean agriculture is not sustainable, with an emergy sustainability index of 0.12. This study suggests that higher use efficiency of and lower dependence on nonrenewable purchased inputs need to be prioritized in an effort to enhance the sustainability of Korean agriculture.

A Study on Political development Strategy for Environmental-Friendly Agriculture in Korea (한국 친환경농업의 정책적 발전방안에 관한 연구)

  • Yoo, Duck-Ki;Cook, Dong-Jeun
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.279-302
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study is analyze Development policies on environmental- friendly agriculture(EA) and find out some implications. As consumption of environmental-friendly agriculture products increasing, administrative policies on EA began 1997s and it has been generally expanded in Korea. The strategies for EA aim to promote among human beings and between humanity and nature require. In addition, support to develop horizontal and vertical productions-organization, regionalization, and political support must be further developed. The necessary investments for such concepts can clearly be reduced through cooperation.

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Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria that decrease chromium toxicity in Brassica juncea

  • M. Rajkumar;Lee, Kui-Jae;Park, Jun-Sik;Park, In-Suk;Lee, Wang-Hui
    • Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.45-45
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    • 2003
  • The aim of the present study was to assess the importance of siderophore producing rhizobacteria on the growth of Brassica juncea under chromium stress. Pseudomonas sp. (A4) produced an iron chelating substance siderophores in iron deficient medium. Under chromium stress condition Pseudomonassp. (A4) markedly increased the root and shoot length and also biomass of Brassica juncea as compared to Pseudomonas sp. (A3). This plantgrowth promotion has been related to the microbial production of siderophore.

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