Current Korean economic conditions
- Size : 98,000km2 (1% of US)
- Population(’03) : 47,925,000 (16.7% of US)
- Trade volume : World’s 12th (2.4% of the total global trade)
Current agricultural conditions
Economic size of agriculture & forestry
- 22 trillion and 833 billion won
- Share to the total: 3.6%
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Number of Employees in agriculture & forestry
- 1,877 thousand people
- Share to the total: 8.5%
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Farmland size and its use for each crop
Agricultural production Trends
Import & Export volume
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- Major export items : Kimchi, chestnut, ginseng, paprika, pear
- Major import items : beef, corn, wheat, soy bean, pork
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Grain Self-Sufficiency
- Grain Self-Sufficiency is continuously decreasing
Annual Consumption volume per capita
Income comparison between people in urban & rural areas
Income gap continues to increase : (’95)95.1% → (’03)75.3%
Rural Population
- Rural population is continuously decreasing due to rapid industrialization.
Framework of Agricultural Policies
< Comprehensive Plan for Agriculture & Rural community >
9 Key tasks for Agricultural Innovation
1. Nurturing Professional farmers
◈ Rice industry : Increasing number of Professional rice farmers with 6 ha farmland to 70,000
by 2010
- Increasing Support for retired aged farmers
- Deregulating farmland and Introducing ‘Farmland-bank system’
◈ Livestock Industry : Nurturing Professional livestock farmers with high quality brands
- Increasing share of the production of 20,000 livestock Professional farmers to 85% by 2013
◈ Horticulture industry : Reforming marketing system and Organizing producers
- Promoting Joint marketing centering around APC
2. Raising Young farmers
◈ Nurturing Young and competent beginner-farmers with expert knowledge and
management mind
- Selecting more than 1,000 beginner- farmers under the age of 35 and Providing fund to them
- Agricultural internship, Sponsorship for beginner- farmers
◈ Innovating Farmer’s management
- Technical and management Consulting
- Nurturing 450 Marketing experts every year
◈ Nurturing main regional group by Developing ‘Regional Cluster’
3. Stabilizing Farmer’s income
◈ Introducing a variety of Direct payment programs (Increasing budget to 23% by 2013)
- Strengthening Paddy field environment conservation program and Decoupled income support
- Introducing Direct payment for Environment-friendly livestock farming and Support for Less-favored areas (from 2004)
◈ Strengthening Crop-insurance against natural disaster
- Increasing the number of items covered by the insurance (6->30) and Introducing ‘National Reinsurance’ (‘04)
◈ Permanently establishing ‘Work-out’ system
- Assisting farmers confronted with temporary management crisis due to natural disasters or to price drop
4. Securing Food safety
◈ Agricultural Product
- Introducing ‘Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)’ program
- Strengthening Monitoring system in distribution process (increasing test lab. in city and in county)
◈ Livestock Product
- Expanding Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Point (HACCP) : Slaughtering, Processing -> Breeding, Storing, Selling
- Strengthening comprehensive animal quarantine system
◈ Introducing ‘Traceability system’
- Revealing information on production processes of vegetable, fruit and beef
5. Promoting Environmental-friendly farming
◈ Reducing chemical fertilizers (by 40% until 2013)
- Developing and promoting Environmental-friendly farming using natural predators and microorganisms
◈ Promoting Environmental-friendly farming system Connecting livestock and
crop farming
- Utilizing animal manure as resource, Livestock product registration system, Direct payment for Environmental-friendly livestock farming
◈ Reviewing Environmental-friendly management system
- Improving certificate system, Expanding direct payment for environmental-friendly farming
6. Developing Scientific & technological farming
◈ Promoting new varieties and Developing and Spreading cultivation technologies
- Developing and extending necessary technology such as environment-friendly post harvest management technology
- Exploring functional food and developing its processing technology
◈ Creating new added value using Bio Technology
- Pursuing ‘Bio-Green 21’ project
- Stimulating agriculture as an advanced industry
7. Advancing Quality
◈ Expanding high quality distribution system
- Washing, Grading, Packing, Processing, etc.
◈ Providing information of items by using Information Technology (IT)
- Providing necessary information such as market situation through PDA etc.
◈ Boosting up agricultural product export to more than 5 billion by 2013
- Increasing number of export focused site and of distribution center
- Introducing Joint brand system
8. Promoting Rural welfare conditions
◈ Increasing support for Pension and Health insurance
- Increasing support for Pension premium to maximum of three times the current support
- Increasing reduction rate of Health premium : Current 22% -> 50% in 2005
◈ Reducing Farmer’s education fee for their children
- Increasing support for Baby care fee and High school tuition fee
- Providing Scholarship to farmers’ children who major agriculture in Universities
◈ Enhancing welfare for female farmers
- Creating Female farmers’ center and Providing more house helpers for female farmers
9. Developing Rural community
◈ Developing Key rural area and its suburbs
- Developing 194 towns as Central places by 2013
- Developing around 1000 village groups by grouping 3~5 villages (Providing 70 billion won for each village group)
◈ Creating various jobs by utilizing natural resources in rural community
- Linking One company with One town
- Promoting Rural tourism such as programs for teenagers
- Nurturing folk village industry
- Expanding Rural-industrial complex : (’03) 296 -> (’13) 394
Vision of Agriculture & Rural community in 2013
Agriculture : Sustainable bio-industry
- High value added industry utilizing IT and BT
- Industry providing Safe food and Multi-functionality
Farmer : Balancing urban worker income
- Income gap per capita between urban and rural area : (’02)90%→(’08)104→(’13)105
Rural community : Lively place with rural amenities
- Creating lively and humane Community by improving living conditions and digitalization.
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