During the 1960s, in the early stage of economic development in Korea, famine was a serious problem. Thus, the focus of the Korean government’s agricultural policy in the 1960s and 1970s was improvements in food production. The Korean government had to support a large population within a limited,...
ABSTRACT
Farmland Bank Program includes the following; Farmland Scale-up Project for strengthening agricultural competitiveness, Farm Household Revival Program Project aiming for revitalization of farm household under bankruptcy crisis due to debt, Trusting Farmland Lease Project and Reserving...
ABSTRACT
One of the biggest problems of Korean agriculture is the aging of farmers. Only 14.8% (173,622) of all farms (1,177,318) have operators whose age is less than 50. Although the government has tried to substitute younger farmers for older farmers, the result has been not so successful....
Sanghyo Kim
Affiliation
Food and Marketing Research Center, Korea Rural Economic InstituteJob Title
Research FellowE-mail
skim@krei.re.krLatest Submission from Korea
Korean Policy for Enhancing Agricultural Productivity
韓國提升農業生產力政策
Farmland Bank and Young Generation of Farmers in Korea
韓國農地銀行與青年農民培育
The Aging of Agriculture and the Income Instability of Young Farmers in Korea
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