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Impacts of Rural Road Project on the Social and Economic Activities of Community People (농어촌도로사업이 지역사회 주민의 사회.경제 활동에 미치는 영향)

  • Hong, Chan-Sun;Im, Sang-Bong;Huh, Yoo-Man
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.95-98
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    • 2003
  • The objectives of the study are to analyze the impacts of rural road project on the social and economic activities of community people, offer basic data to perform evaluation of the project, and suggest future directions of the project. Research methodology adopted is a questionnaire method. There were interviewed 281 adult residents selected from 34 villages in Yeongdong-gun(mountainous), Miryang-si(middle), and Gochang-gun(plain). Results of the study are as follows: 1) Increase of income and land prices in mountainous and middle regions by the rural road project is higher than in plain; 2) Most inconvenient road expressed by the interviewee is the one linking farm and residence and 3) The problems of rural roads derived are narrowness, unpavement and partial pavement, unreliable maintenance, and long construction time. In order to meet the community needs on rural roads, it may be necessary that community people participate in the process of the project. And it is desirable to put priority on expanding and paving existing roads rather than constructing new one.

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Optimizing Diversified Farming Systems by Digital Computer(II) -Optimal Design (디지틀 컴퓨터에 의한 복합영농(複合營農) 시스템의 최적화(最適化) 연구(硏究)(II) -최적설계(最適設計))

  • Chang, D.I.;Kim, K.C.;Lee, S.W.;Kim, M.S.
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.77-87
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    • 1986
  • This study was carried out to design the optimal systems of diversified farming by the mathematical model developed. In order to achieve this goal, a computer program named DFSDINGP was developed by the nonlinear goal programming(NGP), and for testing its effectiveness, the optimal systems of diversified farming were designed for three regions surveyed and compared them with those of the conventional. DFSDINGP was programmed with FORTRAN 77 and it could handle the NGP problem having 25 independent variables and 75 constraint functions. The study results showed that the developed models and DFSDINGP could design the optimal systems of diversified farming satisfying two goals which are maximum agricultural income and maximum power inputs of agricultural machinery. The agricultural incomes and power inputs of farm machinery of the optimal systems were more than those of the conventional as much as 29-62% and 9-134%, respectively.

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A Study on the Marketing Strategy of Environment-friendly Agricultural Products (친환경.유기농산물 생산.유통.소비시장 현황 분석 -가격경쟁력 제고 방안을 중심으로-)

  • Hwang, Jae-Hyun
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.327-345
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    • 2009
  • Environment-friendly agricultural products market has been experiencing various change through the quantitative growth in Korea. The food safety is considered seriously and the interest of the consumer is increasing about environment-friendly agricultural products and organic agricultural products. Environment-friendly agricultural products is encouraged in the link of the counter-measure which follows in the market opening. This research aims at making shorter the distance between the productive person and the consumer and to improve the income for organic farm and the price competitiveness for Environment-friendly agricultural products through the present condition analysis for organic produce's production, distribution and consumption market. To solve the problems above, the development of strategies for the establishment of distribution system for the organic produce's stable supply and the improvement of price competitiveness, the establishment of the cooperating system on the produce's demand and supply, the improvement of consumer's reliability by reinforcement with connectivity and transparency of the process, and the vitalization of regional economy and the exchange of rural and city area are needed.

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Analysis of Economic Effects for Organic Rice's Production Tech. Locally Distributed -With Reference to Life and Environment Agriculture (LEA)- (민간실천 벼 유기농업 기술의 경영 특성 분석 -경남 고성지역의 생명환경농업을 중심으로-)

  • Jung, Man-Chul
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.39-51
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    • 2011
  • This study was carried out to present the measures for the stable organic rice production, farm income increase and consumption revitalization and so on by analyzing economic effects of the organic rice production complex and farmers by cultivation type. The farmers received prices of organic rice and Life and Environment Agriculture (LEA) were 2,965 won and 2,014 won per kilogram, respectively. Finally, the results of the productivity analysis show that LEA produces about 11% lower crop yield compared with the conventional farming. Meanwhile, the profitabilities of the organic farming per 10a were about 15% higher than the conventional farming. But, LEA per 10a was individually 23% lower then the conventional farming.

Technology and Standardization Trends on Smart Agriculture (스마트농업 기술 및 표준화 동향)

  • Min, J.H.;Park, J.Y.
    • Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.77-85
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    • 2018
  • At present, agriculture in Korea is experiencing difficulties, such as a stagnation in farm income, an increase in imported agricultural products, a decrease in arable land, a decrease in the self-sufficiency rate of grain, a decrease in rural population, and aging. To solve these problems and vitalize the rural economy, our government is promoting its 6th industrialization policy, which links agriculture with primary industry, secondary, industry and tertiary industry, and as well as smart agriculture based on information and communication technology. Smart agriculture is an agriculture form used to improve the quality of life in rural areas through making greater efficiency and intelligence by applying ICT convergence technology to the whole entire process of agricultural production, distribution, and consumption in the areas of outdoor agriculture, facility horticulture, and livestock. Therefore, in this paper, we analyze the policy, technology, and standardization trends of domestic and foreign smart agriculture, and suggest ways to apply them to domestic smart agriculture during the in the introduction stage.

Pig Industry in Taiwan (대만의 양돈산업)

  • Choi, Chan-Ho
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.95-106
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    • 1996
  • Pig industry has been one of the most important sector in Taiwan since 1970s, and produce one fourth of the agricultural income. The industry has made great improvements in breeding, raising and quality production while marketing and processing have interrelated efficiently with production. As one of the mayor factor to the present success, cooperative research and extension has been institutionalized among the government agencies, farmer`s associations and research institutions, inter-linked with the farmer`s problem-solving process. At present, the industry is seeking an appropriate strategy and measures to upgrade the pollution control and cost efficiency in production. This paper reviewed an industry case historically in Taiwan in order to draw the implications to the emerging farm sector in which international competitiveness and quality improvement are to be considered.

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An Economic Analysis of the Sweet Potato Cultivation (고구마재배의 경제성 분석)

  • Kim, Jai-Hong;Song, Jun-Ue
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.323-329
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    • 1996
  • This paper is aims at studying the economics of scale of sweet potato cultivation. Sweet potato is one of the decreasing crop. Its cultivated areas has been decreasing more rapidly than soybean or corn. In this paper 23 farmers were surveyed, including 8 families with less than 1 ha, 7 families with 1-5 ha, and 8 families with more than 5 ha. The results are as follows; First, sweet potato cultivation is good for specialization, considering the high income per acre. Second, there is no good evidence explaining for the economy of scale of sweet potato cultivation, but there is an evidence for the profit of specialization. Large scale farmers have more incomes per acre, lather than more production or less management costs, by means of good sales methods. Third, mechanization of sweet potato cultivation is one of the key factor for successful large scale sweet potato cultivations.

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A Study of the Economic Valuation of Rural Women's Labor - Agricultural Work and Household Work - (여성농업인 노동의 경제적 가치평가에 관한 연구 - 농업노동과 가사노동 -)

  • 유소이;최윤지;조현숙;김경미
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.41 no.7
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    • pp.157-168
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    • 2003
  • The purposes of this study were to explore the rural women's labor by measuring labor value economically. To achieve the purpose, this study applied four methods : replacement cost method individual function, replacement cost method generalist, opportunity cost method and shadow wage method. The results of this study were as follows: 1) Time used for agricultural work and household work by with women were 5.3 hours and 3.8 hours each. 2) According to the methods used, the amounts of valuing rural women's labor were varied and ranged from 23,000 won to 43,000 won per day. This study might help recognize the degree of rural women's labor contribution to the household income of farm households and improve the socio-economic status of rural women through showing the productivity of the rural women's labor.

Current practices and economic performances of organic kiwifruit production in comparison with conventional one in Korea

  • Cho, Y.;Cho, H.;Park, M.;Ma, K.
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.19 no.spc
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    • pp.199-202
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    • 2011
  • Organic production practices varied among producers. Generally, organic producers were relying on imported input materials such as organic compost and liquid fertilizer even more than conventional producers. Very few organic farmers had composting facilities or sites for the own supply of compost in need. The productivity of organic kiwifruit orchard (92%) was not as low as that of conventional while the net income (243%) was more than double that of conventional. This was mainly attributed to high farm gate price of organic fruits, low paid labour use and electricity. As a consequence, organic kiwifruit production seems to become a feasible option in Korea. However, high dependence on imported farming material, fuel and labour for too frequent liquid fertilizer spray should be addressed to achieve long term sustainability of organic kiwifruit production.

An Analysis of the Price and Scale Flexibilities on Different Varieties of Green Pepper (풋고추 품종별 가격 및 규모 신축성 분석)

  • Choi, Se-Hyun;Noh, Su-Jeong;Cho, Jae-Hwan
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.37-52
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    • 2017
  • Three varieties of green pepper - Chungyang pepper, Cucumber-taste pepper and Nokgwang pepper - are competing with one another in consumption due to the overlapping shipment period. The objective of this study is to analyze the influence of monthly variations of shipment quantities on the wholesale market prices. A Linear Approximated Inverse Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/IAIDS) is employed with monthly data set of three different varieties of green pepper consumption. The results show that if there is an excess supply in the market, the rate of the price decline is larger for forcing culture Chungyang pepper than other pepper varieties. On the contrary, change in supply of cucumber-taste pepper and Nokgwang pepper has little effect on the price of Chungyang pepper. The results of this study can be utilized as a basic information for enhancing the farm income and promoting agricultural policies related to the establishment of self-help funds by Chungyang pepper producer groups in Gyeongnam region.