• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.241-262
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• 2021

본 논문은 과학논문을 통해 30년 후인 2050년까지 가축과 동물성식품의 동향을 예측하면서 미래 동물생명산업 발전 전략으로써 ICT-기반 스마트축산 기술의 필요성을 검토하였다. 전 세계적으로 가축사육과 동물성식품 소비는 인구증가, 고령화, 농촌인구 감소, 도시화 및 소득증가에 대한 반응으로 빠르게 변화하고 있다. 기후변화는 가축 환경, 생산성과 번식효율성을 바꿀 수 있다. 가축생산은 온실가스 배출 증가, 토지 황폐화, 수질오염, 동물복지 및 인간의 건강 문제로 이어질 것이다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 동물생명산업의 다양한 측면에서 4차 산업혁명과 융합된 ICT-기반 스마트축산을 활용하여 기후변화 대응, 생산성 향상, 동물복지, 동물성식품 영양품질 개선, 동물의 질병예방을 위한 선제적인 미래 대응전략이 필요하다. 미래 동물생명산업은 지속 가능성과 생산효율성을 향상시키기 위해 자동화를 통합해야 한다. 디지털 시대에 IoT와 빅 데이터를 사용하는 지능형 정밀가축사양, ICT-기반 스마트축산은 동물생명산업의 다양한 소스로부터 데이터를 수집, 처리 및 분석할 수 있다. 축사 내부와 외부의 환경 매개 변수를 정밀하게 원격 제어할 수 있는 디지털 시스템으로 구성되어있다. ICT-기반 스마트축산은 인터넷과 휴대폰을 통한 원격 제어를 위해 센싱 기술을 사용하여 동물의 행동복지 및 사양관리를 모니터링 할 수 있다. 농가가 필요로 하는 광범위한 정보의 수집, 저장, 검색 및 보급에 도움이 될 수 있고 새로운 정보서비스를 제공할 수 있다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.427-437
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• 2019

Background: Climate change is believed to be continuously affecting ticks by influencing their habitat suitability. However, we attempted to model the climate change-induced impacts on future genus Rhipicephalus distribution considering the major environmental factors that would influence the tick. Therefore, 50 tick occuance points were taken to model the potential distribution using maximum entropy (MaxEnt) software and 19 climatic variables, taking into account the ability for future climatic change under representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5, were used. Results: MaxEnt model performance was tested and found with the AUC value of 0.99 which indicates excellent goodness-of-fit and predictive accuracy. Current models predict increased temperatures, both in the mid and end terms together with possible changes of other climatic factors like precipitation which may lead to higher tick-borne disease risks associated with expansion of the range of the targeted tick distribution. Distribution maps were constructed for the current, 2050, and 2070 for the two greenhouse gas scenarios and the most dramatic scenario; RCP 8.5 produced the highest increase probable distribution range. Conclusions: The future potential distribution of the genus Rhipicephalus show potential expansion to the new areas due to the future climatic suitability increase. These results indicate that the genus population of the targeted tick could emerge in areas in which they are currently lacking; increased incidence of tick-borne diseases poses further risk which can affect cattle production and productivity, thereby affecting the livelihood of smallholding farmers. Therefore, it is recommended to implement climate change adaptation practices to minimize the impacts.

• 한국전통조경학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.64-74
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• 2020

고품질의 차 생산과 풍요로운 생물다양성의 보전으로 환경과 공생하는 보성 차농업 시스템의 가치를 인정받아 2018년 국가중요농업유산으로 지정받았으나 농업인구의 고령화로 농업시스템의 보전과 전승이 위협받고 있는 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 보성 차농업시스템의 보전과 차세대 전승 방안의 하나로 세계중요농업유산시스템의 등재를 제안하고자 한다. 본 연구는 세계중요농업유산과 국가중요농업유산, 보성 차농업 시스템을 검토하고, 2020년 3월에서 5월까지 석 달간 전라남도 보성군 차 재배 농민을 대상으로 방문과 전화 인터뷰를 통한 실태조사와 심층면접조사를 통하여 보성 차 농업인구의 초고령화 실태를 확인하였다. 조사 결과, 보성 차농업인의 평균연령은 69.4세였으며, 2세대 이상 전승 가구는 36%(54명)에 불과하였고, 79.4%(119명)의 농가의 차 수입 의존도가 90% 이상인 것으로 나타났다. 심층면접 결과, 보성 차 재배농업인의 고령화에 대해 우려를 나타냈으며, 세계중요농업유산 등재는 보성 차에 대한 신뢰도와 인지도 향상으로 이어져 보성 차농업시스템의 보전과 전승에 도움이 될 것이라고 응답하였다. 세계중요농업유산 등재는 보성 차 농업시스템의 농업가치를 전 세계와 공유하고 미래에 전승할 수 있다는 점에서 더없이 훌륭한 자산이 될 것이다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권7호
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• pp.1017-1035
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• 2018

The European Union (EU) is the world's third largest producer of beef. This contributes to the economy, rural development, social life, culture and gastronomy of Europe. The diversity of breeds, animal types (cows, bulls, steers, heifers) and farming systems (intensive, extensive on permanent or temporary pastures, mixed, breeders, feeders, etc) is a strength, and a weakness as the industry is often fragmented and poorly connected. There are also societal concerns regarding animal welfare and environmental issues, despite some positive environmental impacts of farming systems. The EU is amongst the most efficient for beef production as demonstrated by a relative low production of greenhouse gases. Due to regional differences in terms of climate, pasture availability, livestock practices and farms characteristics, productivity and incomes of beef producers vary widely across regions, being among the lowest of the agricultural systems. The beef industry is facing unprecedented challenges related to animal welfare, environmental impact, origin, authenticity, nutritional benefits and eating quality of beef. These may affect the whole industry, especially its farmers. It is therefore essential to bring the beef industry together to spread best practice and better exploit research to maintain and develop an economically viable and sustainable beef industry. Meeting consumers' expectations may be achieved by a better prediction of beef palatability using a modelling approach, such as in Australia. There is a need for accurate information and dissemination on the benefits and issues of beef for human health and for environmental impact. A better objective description of goods and services derived from livestock farming is also required. Putting into practice "agroecology" and organic farming principles are other potential avenues for the future. Different future scenarios can be written depending on the major driving forces, notably meat consumption, climate change, environmental policies and future organization of the supply chain.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제64권5호
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• pp.27-39
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• 2022

The smart farm is recognized as a solution for future farmers having positive effects on the sustainability of the poultry industry. Intelligent microclimate control can be a key technology for broiler production which is extremely vulnerable to abnormal indoor air temperatures. Furthermore, better control of indoor microclimate can be achieved by accurate prediction of indoor air temperature. This study developed predictive models for internal air temperature in a mechanically-ventilated broiler house based on the data measured during three rearing periods, which were different in seasonal climate and ventilation operation. Three machine learning models and a mechanistic model based on thermal energy balance were used for the prediction. The results indicated that the all models gave good predictions for 1-minute future air temperature showing the coefficient of determination greater than 0.99 and the root-mean-square-error smaller than 0.306℃. However, for 1-hour future air temperature, only the mechanistic model showed good accuracy with the coefficient of determination of 0.934 and the root-mean-square-error of 0.841℃. Since the mechanistic model was based on the mathematical descriptions of the heat transfer processes that occurred in the broiler house, it showed better prediction performances compared to the black-box machine learning models. Therefore, it was proven to be useful for intelligent microclimate control which would be developed in future studies.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권4_spc호
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• pp.755-774
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• 2024

The main objective of this study was to present data on the current situation and future trends of pig meat production in the European Union-27 (EU). Pig production has played an important social and economic role for centuries in many states of the EU. In 2022, pig meat production in the EU reached 23 M tons, which represented 21% of total production worldwide. The two key reasons that justify such amount of pork produced, are the acceptance and high consumption of the meat by the local population and the high quality of the meat produced which facilitated pork export. However, current data show a reduction in pork production for the last three years, as a consequence of a series of events that include i) problems with the chain of ingredients supply, ii) uncontrolled increase in African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreaks, iii) fast recovery of pig production in China, iv) increasing concerns by the rural population on the high cost to meet future requirements of the EU legislation on farm management, environmental sustainability and animal welfare, v) increased cost of all inputs involved in pig production and vi) limited interest of the new farmer generation to work on the pig sector. Consequently, pork production is expected to decrease in the EU for the next years, although sales will be maintained at a relative high level because pork is the meat preferred by local consumers in most EU countries. In order to maintain the favourable position of the pork industry in the near future, strategies to implement include: i) maintain the quality of the meat destinated to export markets, ii) improve the control of outbreaks of ASF and other swine diseases, iii) implementation of technological innovations to improve working conditions making more attractive to work in the pork sector of the food chain to the new generation of farmers and workers.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.1800-1812
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• 2005

Aquaculture pollution is a major concern among the entrepreneurs, farmers and researchers. Excess discharge of phosphorus and nitrogen into the water bodies is the principal pollutant responsible for this. Plant-based feed ingredients due to its high phytic acid content enhances both nitrogen and phosphorus discharge thereby increasing the pollution level. Dietary phytase treatment is probably the best answer to address this problem. This review explains the nature and properties of phytate, its interactions with other nutrients and the application of phytase in aquafeed to reduce the pollution. This review also covers the different biotechnological aspects for lowering the phytic acid level in the common aquafeed ingredients, as an alternate approach to controlling the pollution level. Some of future research needs have also been highlighted to attract the attention of more researchers to this area.

• 한국동물생명공학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.111-116
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• 2019

This study was conducted to analyze the specific genes associated with sex-determination in Korean native cow. The highly organized spermatogenesis requires accurate spatial and temporal regulation of gene expression, which is governed by transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and epigenetic processes. Recently, farmers have been interested in determining the sexual identity of the calves in their farm. We analyzed the sperm of Korean native and Holstein cows, which were supplied from Hanwoo Improvement Center. We evaluated sperm motility and expression of sperm-specific genes after treating semen with both male- and female reagents. Sperm motility in Korean native cows decreased by approximately 10% in the first 30 minutes after treatment with sex-determination reagent. However, sperm motility of Holstein cows decreased to 60-70% after 15 minutes and to 20-30% after 30 minutes. We selected six specific genes expressing in the spermatozoa to analysis the gene expression level. The Real-time PCR results suggest that the selected genes (Gimap4, Tmeff1, Rac2, Abi2, Rac1, and Clu) were highly expressed in the group treated with the male reagent compared to the group treated the female reagent and to the untreated-group (control). In the present study, we suggest that the selected genes play a pivotal role in sex-determination.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.217-224
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• 2019

As the world's population grows, how to maintain the food supply is becoming a bigger problem. Now and in the future, big data will play a major role in decision making in the agriculture industry. The challenge is how to obtain valuable information to help us make future decisions. Big data helps us to see history clearer, to obtain hidden values, and make the right decisions for the government and farmers. To contribute to solving this challenge, we developed the Agriculture Big Data Analysis System. The system consists of agricultural big data collection, big data analysis, and big data visualization. First, we collected structured data like price, climate, yield, etc., and unstructured data, such as news, blogs, TV programs, etc. Using the data that we collected, we implement prediction algorithms like ARIMA, Decision Tree, LDA, and LSTM to show the results in data visualizations.

• 한국잡초학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.94-111
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• 1997

A relatively wide range of weed technology concerning sound herbicide development, its formulation exploitation, and application techniques was extensively reviewed in accordance with least inputted sustainable agriculture. Herbicide plays an integral part of farmers' cultural practices in Korean agriculture like rest of world over. Weeds are more obstacle to the adaptation of more sustainable agriculture system. Because weeds dictate most of the crop production practices, weed scientists must become the leaders of collaborative integrated approaches to agriculture systems research. Feasible ways to minimize herbicide input involve the positive introduction of low-rate selective chemistries, innovative formulations, biological herbicides and newly developed application technology. Since herbicide will remain to be a core position in weed management for the foreseeable future, research is needed to optimize herbicide application technology and to minimize their impact on the environment. Public concerns and regulatory pressures on agricultural chemicals are likely to strengthen throughout this decade and coming. Researchers, pesticide manufacturing industries and regulatory authorities have to work together more closely, leading to understand each other better, as well as the needs of our customers and those of society. To be taken extensively, weed control management practices in the future have to be accepted such a way the respective demands of environment, society and economics are entirely matched.