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http://dx.doi.org/10.7851/ksrp.2015.21.1.001

Assessment of Rice Cultivation in Rural Areas from E3 (Energy, Environment, and Economy) Perspectives  

Lee, Jimin (Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University)
Kim, Taegon (Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota)
Suh, Kyo (International Agriculture Technology Graduate School, Seoul National University, Institute of Green Bio Science and Technology, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning / v.21, no.1, 2015 , pp. 1-8 More about this Journal
Abstract
Population growth and increasing consumption of resources in the process of the industrial development has caused environmental pollution, climate change, and resource exhaustion. Therefore 'sustainable development' has become the important issue for the future. The sustainable development aims at effective resource use, less environmental impacts, and higher social security. Generally the rural area including agricultural fields and forest has various and plentiful natural resources which could make future development sustainable. To develop potential rural resources, the values for energy, environment and economy should be assessed considering the life-cycle of resources. The purposes of this study are to suggest the E3 (Energy, Environment, and Economy) assessment model for rural biomass considering life-cycle of resource and to apply the model to rice, the major agricultural product. As the results of this study, it turned out through E3 assessment that economic gain of rice cultivation is 578,374 won/10a, carbon absorption is $1,530kgCO_2/10a$, carbon emission is $926.65kgCO_2/10a$, and bio-energy potential of by-product is 394,028 kcal/10a. When E3 assessment was applied to by province, the results varied by regions because of the amount of input during cultivation. These results would be useful to realize the rural biomass and design regional resources plan in integrated E3 perspective.
Keywords
Biomass; E3; Rice; Resources Assessment;
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