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http://dx.doi.org/10.5333/KGFS.2019.39.2.89

Investigation on the Actual State of Grassland in Republic of Korea  

Lee, Bae Hun (College of Animal Life Sciences, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Ji Yung (College of Animal Life Sciences, Kangwon National University)
Sung, Kyung Il (College of Animal Life Sciences, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Byong Wan (College of Animal Life Sciences, Kangwon National University)
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Journal of The Korean Society of Grassland and Forage Science / v.39, no.2, 2019 , pp. 89-96 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate 106 grassland farms in six provinces including Chungcheongbuk-do, Gangwon-do, Gyeonggi-do, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongsangnam-do, Jeju-do, and Jeollanam-do to present their problems and causes by surveying the actual state of grassland farms during three years(2014~2016). The grassland survey was divided into three categories; used as the perennial grasses and annual forage crops (Complied with Grassland Act), not used as the perennial grasses and annual forage crops (Not complied with Grassland Act) and failed to meet the farmer and some items are missing or inaccurate (Insufficient contents). Among the surveyed grassland farm, 68 farms (64.2 %) were complied with Grassland Act but 30 farms (28.3 %) were not complied with Grassland Act. Especially, the 8 farms (26.7 %) not complied with Grassland Act used the grassland as other purposes such as tree growing, golf club and swine farm etc.. Therefore, strict on-site investigation by local governments is required to prevent the grassland from being used by illegal purposes. And there's a strong likelihood that 5 farms (62.5 %) avoided the survey violate the positive law. Grassland grades used by the local administrative agencies were not influenced by the factors affecting the yield (existence and non-existence of overseeding and fertilization by grassland grade, soil pH and organic matter content). This results suggest that there is a fundamental problem on the current grassland grade system based on the yield and the irregular time of investigation and lack of on-site investigation are another causes for inaccurate grassland grade. Therefore, the new method evaluating grassland grades which is not based on yield and the thorough on-site investigation by local administrative agencies are necessary when the grassland grade is evaluated.
Keywords
Investigation of grassland; Grassland Act; Grassland grade; No. of grassland farm;
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