Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning (농촌계획)

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Effect of the Orchard Scale Improvement Project on Farm Profitability - Focusing on Apple -

과원 규모화 사업이 농가 수익성에 미치는 영향 - 사과를 중심으로 -

  • Kim, Se-Hyuk (Dept. of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Lim, Cheong-Ryong (Rural Research Institute, Korea Rural Community Corporation) ;
  • Kim, Tae-Kyun (Dept. of Food and Resource Economics, Kyungpook National University)
  • 김세혁 (경북대학교 축산BT학과) ;
  • 임청룡 (한국농어촌공사 농어촌연구원) ;
  • 김태균 (경북대학교 식품자원경제학과)
  • Received : 2024.01.31
  • Accepted : 2024.02.27
  • Published : 2024.02.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze how the orchard scale improvement project affects the profits of apple farmers. For this purpose, the variable profit function of Apple was estimated using seemingly unrelated regression analysis. For the analysis, raw data from the Rural Development Administration's Agricultural Income Survey from 2015 to 2021 were used. Of the 1,009 apple farms, 95 farms participated in the orchard scale improvement project and 914 farms did not participate. The results show that the profits of farms participating in the project were found to be higher than those of non-participating farms, and as the cultivation area increased, profits tended to increase and then decrease. The results also indicated that below a certain size (19,462m2), the profits from project participation appear to be lower. The results of this study can provide useful information to the establishment of government policies and apple farmers who want to participate in the orchard scale improvement project.

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