A study on Estimation Optimum Farm Size for Selected Farming Items at the Year 2001

2001년(年) 기준(基準) 적정영농(適正營農) 규모(規模) 추정(推定)

  • Shin, Dong-Wan (Department of agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Chungnam National University)
  • 신동완 (충남대학교 농과대학 농업경제학과)
  • Published : 1996.12.30

Abstract

Korean government has pursued measure of promoting specialized full time farmers, one hundred fifty thousand by 2001, along with "New Agricultural Policy" begining since year 1993, so as to improve agricultural structure depressed by urbanization and industrialization and also under pressure for agricultural imports liberlization. Objective of the study was to estimate optimal farming size for selected cash crops and livestocks aimed at farm income of more than fifty million won at the year 2001. Estimated items were eighteen fann models of four area for cash crops and nine models of three kind livestocks. Optimal fann size was estimated from the data collected through ninety nine fann household survey for farming result in 1993. and developed computer model on changing farm size estimation related on price change. Those results is espected to utilize as basic reference for promoting specialized full time farmers proposed by the New Agricultural Policy.

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