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The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of Korea outlined its major policy initiatives for 2024 in March. This outline covers the policy achievements of 2023, evaluates the past year, and presents the primary policy directions for addressing the evolving needs of the...
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In Korean agriculture, rice holds not only the status of being a staple food but it also remains the predominant crop for a significant proportion of farmers. However, a persistent trend of structural oversupply of rice has been ongoing since the late 1990s, with an overproduction of...
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Food delivery applications have grown rapidly in recent years, fueled by increasing consumer demand for convenience and prepared foods. Previous studies on what factors encourage consumers to use delivery platforms rely largely on survey data, likely due to the lack of availability of...
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To address the crisis of population decline at the local level, the South Korean government is allocating KRW1 trillion (US$769.2 million) annually, starting from 2022. This funding will be provided to support basic and metropolitan local governments that have been designated as ‘...
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Korea’s agricultural income per farm household in 2022 was KRW9.49 million (US$7,342), the largest decline since statistics were compiled. The low level of agricultural income, which has not exceeded KRW10 million (US$7,740) over the past 30 years, threatens the sustainability of Korean...
Sanghyo Kim
Affiliation
Food and Marketing Research Center, Korea Rural Economic InstituteJob Title
Research FellowE-mail
skim@krei.re.krLatest Submission from Korea
Major Policy Plans for 2024 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in Korea
Korea’s Rice Supply and Demand Situation and Challenges
Spatial Differentiation in Food Service Pricing: An Explorative Study with Web-Scrapped Data
The Current Status and Implications of the Local Extinction Reaction Fund in Korea
Korea’s Agricultral Income Status and Implications
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