• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.199-212
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• 2023

Recently, despite the active interest and research on biochar, there is a lack of research on the acceptance intention of farmers, who are technology adopters. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to conduct a survey of 168 farmers and structurally analyze the factors affecting farmers' intention to accept biochar. The analysis results are as follows. First, promotion conditions and network effects have a positive influence on farmers' intention to accept biochar. Second, the mediating variable, network effect, has a complete mediating effect between performance expectations, social influence, and acceptance intention. This suggests that organizations need to be utilized to spread biochar because network effects increase the explanatory power of acceptance intention.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.247-265
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• 2015

This study analyzes the factors affecting farmers' recognition and acceptance of sustainable agriculture. To accomplish the objectives of the study a farm survey was conducted using target respondents which were made of the local correspondents and reporters of Korea Rural Economic Institute. The Heckman's model was employed for an empirical analysis on determining the extent of farmers' acceptance of sustainable agriculture. The analysis results show that the more farmers think it is important for Korea to adopt sustainable farming practices, the more they adopt sustainable agriculture. It is also shown that the high incomes farmers earn, the more interest they have in the environment and thus the more likely they are to adopt sustainable agriculture. Based upon the empirical results it is suggested that an adoption of economic incentive instruments, education of sustainable agriculture, research and development of sustainable agriculture technology, and an establishment of sustainable agriculture infrastructure to expand the scale of sustainable agriculture.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.119-138
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to examine the intention of consumer acceptance of technology in agricultural production by applying the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) to smart farm. In particular, this study analyzed the intention to accept the technology of agricultural students, farmers, start-up farmers, returning farmers, and returnees in the general manufacturing industry and high-tech industries, and in agricultural sectors corresponding to primary industries. The results showed that performance expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, IT development level, and reliability had a significant influence on the intention to use smart farm technology. However, effort expectancy and price value were rejected because no significant impact on use intention was tested. In addition, the influences of the variables showing their influence were reliability (β=.569) > IT development level (β=.252) > social influence (β=.235) > performance expectancy (β=.182) > facilitating conditions (β=.134).

• 농촌계획
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.47-56
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to identify the determinants of local farmers' participation and acceptance level in traditional agricultural technology conservation activities, using on the traditional agricultural water utilization system in Uiseong designated as Korea's important agricultural heritage system No. 10. The Heckman sample selection model was used to solve the selection bias. The results show that as the interest in the conservation of the agricultural ecological and environment is high, as the traditional agricultural system in Uiseong is used, as the cultivation area of paddy field increased, and as the age 50s or older, the willingness to participate in conservation activities increased. The results also indicate that as the experience of participating in the conservation of the agricultural ecological and environment and the hours of education are increased, the knowledge of the traditional agricultural system in Uiseong is low, and as the cultivation area of paddy field decreased, the acceptance time for conservation activities increased. The results of this study may contribute to government's policy for traditional agricultural technology conservation.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.15-29
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• 2023

Recently, there has been increasing interest in renewable energy in the agricultural sector. Agrophotovoltaics, producing electricity while farming, has attracted much attention. This study aims to identify the factors influencing the acceptance intention of Agrophotovoltaics. Using the UTAUT2 model, we designed a research model to examine the impact of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, facilitating conditions, social influence, and investment utility on the intention to adopt Agrophotovoltaics through the mediation effect of the user's innovativeness. We conducted a survey on farmers and obtained 212 responses for the final analysis. The results showed that effort expectancy and innovativeness significantly positively affected the intention to adopt Agrophotovoltaics. Furthermore, innovativeness was found to fully mediate the relationship among performance expectancy, facilitating conditions, investment utility, and acceptance intention. This suggests that focusing supportive measures on innovative groups could promote the adoption of Agrophotovoltaics.

• 농업생명과학연구
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.153-165
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• 2012

본 연구의 목적은 배추 신종자의 수용 및 지속적 사용의도에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하는데 있다. 연구모형은 기술수용이론(TAM)을 기반으로 도출하였으며, 분석은 편최소제곱법(PLS)을 이용하였다. 배추 생산 농가를 대상으로 한 설문자료 분석결과, 선행변수 중에서는 혁신성과 종자홍보가, 매개변수에서는 인지된 용이성이 신종자 사용에 유의한 영향을 미치는 요인이며, 이들 변수들 간에는 강한 양의 관계가 존재하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 기존종자에 비해 품질이 개선된 신종자의 개발 및 보급, 그리고 신종자를 이용하여 생산된 배추의 판로확보 등 다양한 측면에서 인지된 유용성을 제고하기 위한 노력이 필요하다. 이와 같은 노력은 종자홍보와 함께 신종자에 대한 농가의 수용의지를 제고하고 신종자 도입 시 농가가 직면할 수 있는 위험을 줄일 수 있기 때문에 결과적으로 농가의 혁신성 향상에도 큰 도움이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.254-263
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• 2020

이 연구는 농촌진흥청의 전주기 경제성 분석단계 중 사후 경제성 분석단계에서 활용할 수 있는 농가의 신기술 수용요인을 지표화하고 중요도를 평가하기 위해 수행되었다. 선행연구 및 전문가 자문을 거쳐 농촌진흥청의 영농기술을 유형화하였으며, 전문가 델파이 조사를 통해 농가의 신기술 수용요인을 지표화하고 중요도를 평가하였다. 평가지표는 2계층으로 구분한 다음, 계층분석 방법(AHP)을 이용하여 중요도를 평가하였다. 중요도 평가결과, 1계층에서는 재무 수익성 43.9%, 기술성 23.6%, 노동환경 22.4%, 연관산업 및 기술지원체계 10.1%의 중요도를 보였으며, 2계층에서는 기술성의 경우 기술습득의 용이성 64.9%, 기술의 완성도 35.1%, 노동환경의 경우 노동강도 53.7%, 작업위험도 26.7%, 노동시간 19.6%, 재무 수익성의 경우 농가소득 증가수준 69.9%, 신규자금 소요수준 30.1%, 연관산업 및 기술지원체계의 경우 교육 및 기술지원체계 66.3%, 연관산업 활성화 정도 33.7%로 분석되었다. 이 연구는 영농활용기술의 농가 수용성을 높이고, 농업 연구 및 지도의 효율성과 효과성을 높일 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Agribusiness and Information Management
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.43-62
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• 2011

The goal of this study is to determine, based on survey results, the underlying factors that affect the intention of the farmers who have not adopted the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) system for the rearing phase of pig production to adopt this system in the future. The research model for this study was con structed based on strategic contingency theory, the theory of the diffusion of innovation, and the technology acceptance model (TAM). Using structural equation modeling with partial least squares (PLS), this study analyzes the effects of the intensity of competition, the environmental uncertainty, the innovativeness and self-efficacy of the individual farmers, and the impact of the credibility of the Agricultural Technology Service Center (ATSC), which acts as the principal agent of technology dissemination and as a leader of change, on the perceived usefulness of technology and the farmers' intention to adopt the system. The results of the analysis are as follows. First, with regard to the underlying factors affecting the intention to adopt the new system, the intensity of competition within the industry and the institutional credibility of the ATSC were inferred to underlie the perceived usefulness. Second, institutional credibility has a positive impact on the perceived usefulness of the system, and the perceived usefulness, in turn, has a positive impact on the intention to adopt. The perceived ease of use also has a positive impact on the intention to adopt. Because the factor that has the biggest impact on the intention of a farm to adopt is the credibility of the ATSC, it is crucial for extension organizations, such as the ATSC, to make greater efforts to promote the expansion of the HACCP system. Because farmers feel that the implementation of the HACCP system is an instrumental strategy for coping with the high intensity of competition within the industry, they attempt to gain a competitive edge through the production of safe livestock products.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.43-54
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• 2015

This study explored the effects of adoption of innovation and resistant attitude on farmers' perspectives and also was deigned for developing prompt spread of ICT and facilitating stronghold support center in the convergence agricultural field. To closely examine the variation for exploitation intent of stronghold support center in the ICT convergence agriculture, 110 farmers who had experienced introduction for ICT hybrid environmental control system were participated in the study using the questionnaire. The results revealed the several findings. Firstly, there was no significant differences between the self-efficacy such as confidence of application technology for farmers and adoption of innovative technique (p=.075). Secondly, suitability of using ICT hybrid environmental control system showed a significant difference in the adoption of innovation (p=2.750) while complexity of using ICT hybrid environmental control system indicated the negative effects on the adoption of innovation (p=3.591). Thirdly, introduction cost of ICT hybrid environmental control system showed the negative effects in the adoption of innovation (p=2.278), whereas adoption of innovation indicated a significant difference in the stronghold support center in the convergence agricultural field (p=5.500). Finally, resistance of ICT adoption of innovative technique revealed the negative effects on the stronghold support center in the ICT convergence agriculture. This study, therefore, demonstrated that educational assistance for acquiring ICT technique, suggestion of influences for productivity, and development for skills were needed to extend ICT convergence technology. Additionally, the study indicated the strategies related with promotion as well as ways of minimizing introduction cost.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.29-56
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• 2014

본 연구는 오디 시설재배기술이라는 신기술을 수용하지 않은 농가 200명을 대상으로 혁신확산이론과 기술수용이론을 결합한 연구모델을 통해 각각의 요인들이 신기술 수용 및 확산에 미치는 영향 정도를 분석하기 위하여 기술수용모형을 바탕으로 유용성, 용이성, 위험성이라는 내생변수를 통해 신기술 수용 및 확산에 영향을 미치는 외부요인간의 관계를 구조방정식 모형 분석을 실시하여 검증하였다. 분석결과는 채택된 지표중에서 인지된 유용성에 영향을 미치는 개인의 혁신성과 인지된 위험성 변수의 교육지원 품질, 기술지원 품질과 자금지원정도 지표는 부(-)의 영향을 미치고 나머지 지표들은 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 분석결과를 바탕으로 오디 시설재배의 조기확산을 위해서는 먼저 기술보급 담당자의 전문성과 기술수준을 높이고, 신기술 수용농가와 더불어 애로사항 발생에 따른 해결을 위한 인적 네트워크를 구축하여 운영할 필요가 있다. 다음은 오디재배 농가들은 시설재배기술이 쉽지만 시설투자에 대한 부담 때문에 유용성에는 회의적인 반응을 보이므로 시설투자비에 대한 개인별 맞춤형 자금보조가 필요하다. 끝으로 기술수용에 부정적인 농가들을 대상으로 재배기술교육과 신기술 수용현장견학과 경영성과에 대한 홍보를 지속적으로 실시하면 빠른 시일 내에 보급이 가능할 것이다.