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Measurement of Dust Concentration in a Naturally Ventilated Broiler House according to Season and Worker's Access (윈치커튼식 계사의 시기 및 작업자 출입에 따른 분진 발생 농도 측정 연구)

  • Jo, Ye-seul;Kwon, Kyeong-seok;Lee, In-bok;Ha, Tae-hwan;Park, Se-jun;Kim, Rack-woo;Yeo, Uk-hyeon;Lee, Sang-yeon;Lee, Seung-no
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.57 no.6
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    • pp.35-46
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    • 2015
  • Improvement in domestic poultry production has a positive effect on the export competitiveness of the poultry industry. However, overproduction and enlargement of facilities to assure a supply increase a stocking density which make a poor environment in the broiler house. In particular, an intensive rearing environment is vulnerable to dust control that causes respiratory diseases, such as asthma, bronchitis, etc., to farmers and broilers. However, monitoring data and research for environment control are not adequate, and there are no air quality regulations in broiler houses in Korea. In this study, TSP, PM10, inhalable dust and respirable dust concentration were monitored according to season, age of broiler and broiler's activities. Air quality assessment was also performed in accordance with the threshold limit value by Donham et al. (2000). The TSP concentrations were 77.5 %, 219.7 % higher and PM10 concentrations were 121.2 %, 303.8 % higher when change of season and winter respectively than summer. There were significantly different concentrations according to season and age of broiler. Inhalable and respirable dust concentration were also clearly different according to the season and age of broiler. A high dust concentration was observed, specifically exceeding the threshold limit by 119 % in the winter. In the case of the broiler's motion was activity according to worker's access into the broiler house, concentration level was 769.6 % higher than broiler's motion was stable and exceeded the threshold limit. These results suggest that the worker should put on protective equipment to protect there's respiratory health in the broiler house.

Case Studies for the Ratification of Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants with Specific Exemption in South Korea (Stockholm 협약 비준 대비 잔류성유기오염물질의 특정면제를 위한 국내 실태조사)

  • Kim, H.H.;Lee, J.Y.;Yang, J.Y.;Lee, J.S.;Shin, D.C.;Jung, H.W.;Lim, Y.W.
    • Journal of Practical Agriculture & Fisheries Research
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.63-75
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    • 2010
  • United Nations Environment Program adopted a global binding agreement to regulate the production and distribution for the persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in May 22, 2001. The agreement took its effectuation with the ratification of 59 countries from the approval of 151 countries in May 17, 2004. After the approval on the binding agreement in October 4, 2001, South Korea performed systematic investigation for the ready of ratification on the convention with country-specific exemption for some chemical substances. Case study with documentary examination and fact-finding survey found some potential problem for 5 chemical substances such as chlordane, dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane (DDT), hexachlorobenzenes (HCB), heptachlor, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). However, subsequent investigation with more detailed degree showed the possibility for the ratification with no country-specific exemption.

The trend of Energy ICT in automated agriculture and EMS system for cooling water application in power plant (시설농업에서 에너지 ICT 와 발전소 온배수 활용을 위한 에너지관리시스템)

  • Hwang, Woo-jeong;Kim, Kwang-kyu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.623-625
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    • 2015
  • Recently, the cooling water of power plant was included in RPS(Renewable Portpolio Standard) as water heat energy. Thus the trend of cooling water application is growing bigger for agriculture and fishing industry. Especially as energy consumption cost in agriculture and fishing industry is a vital element, the interests for energy efficiency is growing bigger. The advanced agriculture country like Netherlands is distributing diagnosis software to the farmers based on ICT diagnostic system for the efficient energy consumption and energy demand amounts depend on crops of cultivation in automated horticulture. Hereafter, in the preparation of the expansion of the automated agriculture domestically by the cooling water of power plant, we would like to propose the energy application case(Greenery) in the advanced countries abroad in agriculture and EMS system about the application of the cooling water in power plant.

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Agricultural Management Innovation through the Adoption of Internet of Things: Case of Smart Farm (사물인터넷에 의한 농업경영혁신 : 스마트농장의 사례)

  • Kim, Joo-Tae;Han, Jong-Soo
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.65-75
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    • 2017
  • Agricultural sector in Korea faces the threat of aging farmers and many other difficulties. Because agriculture is a very less-competitive industry in Korea and many solutions to improve the competitiveness of Korean agriculture should be studied. The advent of Internet of things(IoT) technology makes possible many new industries and business models in the current society. The adoption of this new technology in agriculture can bring about innovations in agricultural production and distribution as $6^{th}$ industry. This paper summarizes the opportunities in IoT and smart farm. The major benefits and obstacles in introducing smart farms are reviewed and the cases of two successful smart farms in Korea are analyzed. Through these case studies, we can recognize the current status and future strategies in Korean smart farms.

Asia and Europe: So Distant So Close? The Case of Lipoptena fortisetosa in Italy

  • Andreani, Annalisa;Giangaspero, Annunziata;Marangi, Marianna;Barlaam, Alessandra;Ponzetta, Maria Paola;Roy, Lise;Belcari, Antonio;Sacchetti, Patrizia
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.58 no.6
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    • pp.661-668
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    • 2020
  • In Europe, 5 Lipoptena species have been recorded, including Lipoptena fortisetosa. This species, native to Asian countries, was described as a parasite of sika deer and its appearance in Europe dates back to more than 50 years ago. Lipoptena fortisetosa has been recently reported in Italy, sharing its hosts with Lipoptena cervi. A morpho-molecular approach was developed to determine the phylogenetic interrelationship of Italian and Asian CO1 haplotypes sequenced from Lipoptena fly individuals collected in Italy, and their DNA sequences were compared with conspecifics available in GenBank; morphological key-characters (terminalia) of L. fortisetosa were compared with the original description. Two haplotypes were recorded from Italy and assigned to L. cervi and L. fortisetosa, respectively. The latter was part of the monophyletic clade L. fortisetosa, along with 2 Central European and 2 Korean haplotypes (100% identical to one of the Korean haplotypes); moreover, Italian L. fortisetosa female terminalia were consistent with the original description of Asian individuals. Pending more in-depth investigations, this study provides a first answer to the hypothesis of the recent colonization of Italy by L. fortisetosa from Asia as we did not detect any obvious and stable morphological and molecular differences in specimens from the 2 geographical areas. The presence of the sika deer in Europe was retraced and the possible route traveled by the parasite from Asia and the eco-biological factors that may have enhanced its settlement are discussed.

The Importance of Using Correct Names in Taxonomy - A Case Study of "The Genera of Vascular Plants of Korea" and Other Recent Published Literature in Korea

  • Chang, Kae Sun;Chang, Chin-Sung
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.98 no.5
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    • pp.524-530
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    • 2009
  • We scrutinized the Korean taxonomic literature, with special focus on some nomenclatural points and four different cases were listed categorically. Several naked names (nomen nudum), invalidly published names, typographical and orthographical errors, incorrect use of hybrid names and authorship, and errors in the citation of the bibliographic references have appeared in newly published literature in Korea, due to misapplications of ICBN (International Code of Botanical Nomenclature). Although literature review and synonyms are imperative and essential elements of taxonomic study, many author citations tend to be copied from one publication to another without any confirmation of the original source. It is strongly recommended that scientists who have previously published careless work should be more careful, and they should be instructed to read original descriptions and to learn current practices in the code.

A Study to Activate the Value Chain in the 6th Industrialization of Agriculture by the Living Lab (리빙랩을 통한 6차산업 가치사슬 활성화 방안)

  • Lee, Jinhong;Kim, Yonglyoul;Jung, Guhyun;Lee, Haekil
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.61-74
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    • 2017
  • In recent years, various policies have been conducted for the activation of the value chain for 6th industrialization of agriculture, which is aligned with creating job opportunities and start-up as well as value added enhancement. For this reason, this study seeks measures to kick-start application and development of a model to raise the success rate of startups and reduce the risk of market throughout surveying 168 6th industrialization management bodies about their start-up and business, and benchmarking of best practices, a case consistent with the value chain system of 6th industrialization of agriculture. Main findings are three-folds: First, it is necessary to raise the success rate of startups by means of the compatibility of the capital scale, low cost and life cycle of ideas. Second, the living lab for sharing ideas and collaboration is needed in the value chain system. Third, the living lab model is promoting rural community development and farm household income.

A Case Study for Evaluating Forest Functions by Watershed Unit: Gyeongsangnam-do (경상남도 유역단위 산림기능평가에 관한 사례연구)

  • Kim, Hyung-Ho;Park, Young-Kyu;Roh, Hye-Jung;Jeon, Jun-Heon;Hwang, Jin-Yeong;Kang, Hyeon-Deug;Park, Joon-Hyung
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.163-173
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    • 2011
  • This paper, as a case study on the evaluation of nationwide-unit forest functions, targeting the entire Gyeongsangnam-do region, examined the integration measures for the evaluation of national, public and private forest functions, as well as GIS data problems and GIS data building methods. Also, the distribution and characteristics of Gyeongsangnam-do's forest functions were examined. First, as integration measures for forest function evaluation, evaluation unit was proposed as watershed unit, and GIS techniques were proposed to correct some patterns of errors shown in the watershed maps. Also, of GIS data used for forest function evaluation, maps of locations of saw mills to be revised, expressway interchange location maps, and population distribution maps were built nationwide. Based on watershed units, the forest functions of 20 cities and counties in Gyeongsangnam-do were evaluated, revealing that wood production function and forest recreation function potentials, high-ranking was high distributed throughout the site, while most functions potentials, low-ranking was low distributed. In forest function maps with the application of priority by city and gun, the area size was ranked in the order of forest recreation, timber production, natural conservation, water yield, living environment conservation, and prevention of natural disaster. Case analysis results for large areas can be used in evaluating nationwide forest functions.

The agroindustrialization in the era of Free Trade Agreements: A case of kiwi fruit contract farming (자유무역협정 시대 농산업화 사례 연구: 키위 계약생산 사례를 중심으로)

  • Yi, Ji-Soo
    • Korea Trade Review
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    • v.42 no.6
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    • pp.87-110
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this paper is to investigate the roles and effects of FTAs (Free Trade Agreements) in agroindustrialization, and to navigate its implication for the government support for the utilization of FTAs in the agriculture sector. The paper, in particular, is based on a case of contract farming, which has often referred as the key factor of agroindustrialization. By doing this, this paper has the importance academically in enhancing the study of FTA utilization to the study of agroindustrialization, and practically in exploring the implication for the FTA implementation policy that provides fundamental solutions to the issues of agriculture sector. As the results of this study, it is highlighted that the role of government that intermediates, monitors, and controls the equal and the fair relationship between the agribusiness firms and farms is essential for the further progress of agroindustrialization under the keen competition created by FTAs.

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A study of basic developmental model for experiential farm - Case study on the farm of Sucheong Village located in Gyeonggi Province - (농촌체험농장 개발모형 연구 - 수청마을농장을 중심으로 -)

  • Bark, JS;Kwon, Y.H
    • Journal of Practical Agriculture & Fisheries Research
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.21-33
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    • 2009
  • The agricultural tourism is something that urban people can have an experience of the traditional culture and knowledge of the agriculture, so that it result the improvement of the agricultural profit and keep the special agricultural system. Recently, the demand of the agricultural tourism was increasing, but it was not really enough today that the practice of the tourism for essential farm experience or physical plan. The experiments were practiced by a land in Sucheong-li, Namjong-myun, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do which provides the program for the basic plan and management of the experiential farm, so it shows a developmental model of that typical farm. The basic design of developmental model was formed by the analysis of the natural, civilized and visual environments. The site plan for the experiential farm was composed of a parking lot, public facilities, resting place, experiential site, sports facilities and pedestrian space. There was an examination that the activation of experiential farm should change the concept of the big production or labor-focused farm from a tourism-focused form.