Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture (한국유기농업학회지)

Korean Association of Organic Agriculture (한국유기농업학회)
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Survey and Analysis of Organic and Pesticide-Free Agricultural Products Producers on Perception of the Environment-friendly Agricultural Product Certification System

유기 및 무농약 농산물 생산자의 친환경 농산물 인증제도에 대한 인식 조사 및 분석

  • 김하연 (전남대학교 농업생명과학대학 농업경제학과) ;
  • 강혜정 (전남대학교 농업생명과학대학 농업경제학과) ;
  • 한옥수 (전남대학교 농업생명과학대학 농식품생명공학부)
  • Received : 2021.12.27
  • Accepted : 2022.05.09
  • Published : 2022.05.31
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Abstract

A survey on the understanding of environment-friendly certification system was conducted for certified operators. The survey included the necessity of certification system, difficulties in producing certified products, and general evaluation of the current certification system. Certified operators were generally satisfied with the certification system in terms of the certification standards, the public subsidy programs, and the farm management costs. Individuals with parallel production farms were relatively less satisfied than the group with full-time organic farmers. Analysis using the ranking probit model indicated that the longer the certification experience, the more highly aware the need for the certification system was. Our results indicated that policy strategies are needed to enlarge the marketability of environment-friendly agricultural products since economic factors of organic products were the most important factor for maintaining and expanding certification in overseas as well as in Korea. It seems to be necessary to implement economic triggers for certified operators to continue their certification programs by promoting the transition period certification for individual farms in parallel with conventional agriculture. Analysis of the variables correlated with the expansion of environment-friendly agriculture by the logit model implied that certified operators with the younger age and higher annual incomes were more likely to expand environment-friendly agriculture. Therefore, it might also be important to provide financial support and incentives for new entry farmers to participate in environment-friendly agriculture and establish a system to share the know-how of successful certified organic farmers.

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