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A Study on Effects of Adopting ICT in Livestock Farm Management on Farm Sales Revenue

정보화기기 활용이 국내 축산농가 총판매금액에 미치는 영향 분석

  • Hanna Jeong (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Global Smart Farm Convergence Major, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jimin Shim (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University) ;
  • Yerin Lim (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Global Smart Farm Convergence Major, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jongwook Lee (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Global Smart Farm Convergence Major, Seoul National University)
  • 정한나 (서울대학교 농경제사회학부 농업.자원경제학전공 및 글로벌 스마트팜 융합전공) ;
  • 심지민 (서울대학교 농경제사회학부 농업.자원경제학전공) ;
  • 임예린 (서울대학교 농경제사회학부 농업.자원경제학전공 및 글로벌 스마트팜 융합전공) ;
  • 이종욱 (서울대학교 농경제사회학부, 융합전공 글로벌 스마트팜 전공, 농업생명과학연구원)
  • Received : 2024.01.31
  • Accepted : 2024.02.21
  • Published : 2024.02.28
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Abstract

This study examines the effects of adopting Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in livestock farm management on farm sales revenue. Using the 2020 Census of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, a nationally representative data set constructed by Statistics Korea, this study focuses on a sample of 9,020 livestock farms in South Korea. We employ Propensity Score Matching (PSM) methods to address the potential selection bias between 2,076 farms that used ICT for livestock farm management and 6,944 farms that did not. The findings consistently show that the use of ICT significantly increases farm revenue, taking into account the selection bias. The utilization of ICT in livestock farms leads to a higher increase in sales revenue, particularly for farms with greater sales.

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