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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.1.382

An Analysis of Specialization Factors for Greenhouse-Grown Spinach and Lettuce  

Lee, Sang-Ho (Department of Food and Resource Economics, Yeungnam University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.1, 2017 , pp. 382-387 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper analyzes the specialization factors for greenhouse-grown horticultural crops and location quotient. We derived the location quotient of two crops from the Agricultural Census in 2000, 2005, and 2010. The location quotient shows that specialization factors for spinach and lettuce became more concentrated. This means that cultivation of vegetables lean too much towards specialized regions. Implementation policies based on the level of specialization is expected to more efficiently improve the competitiveness of regional agriculture. The logit analysis showed that GRDP, age, education, average employee, and ratio of computer use had a significant impact on specialization of spinach. GRDP, age, and education negatively affected the specialization coefficient of spinach. However, average employee, and ratio of computer use positively affected the specialization coefficient of spinach. Based on these results, we set up the policy tools specializing the regional location quotient.
Keywords
concentration; location quotient; logit analysis; specialization; regional agriculture;
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