Korea

The Contents and Meaning of Amendments of Korea’s Grain Management Act

Jongin Kim, Hanul Park
ABSTRACT After the income compensation program for rice was changed to basic direct payment, Rice farmers were very concerned that rice price volatility would increase. The Korean government amended the existing Grain Management Act to dispel the concerns of rice farmers and to successfully...
Country: Korea Topic: Overview
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What does Web-Scraping Tell us about Online Grocery Markets? A Case Study in South Korea

Jinho Jung, Sanghyo Kim, Yong Jee Kim
ABSTRACT This study conducts analysis of online grocery markets by exploiting Web scraping and examines advantages and limitations of Web scraping for online market studies. On one hand, findings report that daily price variation appropriately reflects actual aspects of market situation, price...
Country: Korea Topic: Agricultural marketing policy
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Post-COVID-19 Era, Changes and Outlook in Korea’s Agrifood Industry

Sanghyo Kim, Seongyong Shin
ABSTRACT Knowing the changes in the food industry caused by COVID-19 can help plan mid- to long-term measures in the future. In this regard, this paper examined the changes in the food market in Korea due to COVID-19 in detail and attempted to derive policy implications from them. Due to the...
Country: Korea Topic: Overview
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Status of Korea’s Agricultural Cooperation with ASEAN and New Southern Policy

Sang Hyeon Lee
ABSTRACT The conflict between the US and China is highly likely to have a negative impact on South Korea. In order to alleviate the external economic crisis caused by the global economic crisis, it is actively engaging in economic cooperation with ASEAN. In 2017, South Korea government announced...
Country: Korea Topic: Overview
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Korean Forest Policy and Current Issues

Ja-choon Koo
ABSTRACT Korea is a country that has succeeded in reforestation. Now, our people are living in green forests with various benefits. Korea Forest Service (KFS) played a major role to make forests at the current level. This article was prepared to introduce Korean forest policies that contributed...
Country: Korea Topic: Forestry
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