Agricultural human resources development

The Aging of Agriculture and the Income Instability of Young Farmers in Korea

Taeho Lee
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....
Country: Korea Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Succession of Farmlands to Non-Family Successors: Options for the Young Generation of Farmers

Tasuku Nagatani
  ABSTRACT Faced with the continuing shortage of farm successors in aging farming households in Japan, the farm succession to non-family members draws significant attention as an alternative to the conventional transfer to family heirs. To illuminate the characteristics and challenges in...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Land Concentration and Land Market in Japan: An International Perspective

Shinsaku Nakajima
ABSTRACT This paper reviews theories, current conditions, and barriers of liquidization and concentration of farmland in Japan and discusses perspectives on further research. First, to determine the economic conditions required to promote farmland liquidity, this paper formulates the farmland...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Farmland Policy in Indonesia for Young Generation

Syahyuti
Abstract Indonesia constitutes an agricultural country; therefore, the government has issued a policy concerning land, which were fundamental and constructive. The idea of this policy was driven by agriculture as a very significant sector in Indonesian economy. Furthermore, it has solved an...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Agricultural Government Scholarships for High-quality Taiwanese Agricultural Talents

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
The Council of Agriculture (COA) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) are jointly studying ways on how to minimize the gap of academia and industry in the agricultural sector in order to accelerate the cultivation of young agricultural talents operating in Taiwan. Starting from the fall semester in...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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