• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.25-39
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• 2002

This paper aims to provide quite recent information on the organic industry in the U.S. Major focuses are on the development of cultivation and marketing of fresh and processed organic produce and foods, newly enforced certification program, consumers' purchasing behaviors toward organic foods, and social survey results administered to the organic farmers in the U.S. The U.S. recorded 8 billion dollars' sale of organic foods in 2000, which was the largest in the world and showed 23% growth compared to the previous year. Yet the organic industry is still a niche market, occupying merely 1.5% of total food sale amount. The natural foods markets have not been so concentrated in the U.S., but it is changing and a few wholesale mart such as Whole Foods is emerging. Recent introduction of new certification program provide unified and sole standard at the federal level to which every certifier needs to adjust itself in order to be acceredited by the government. According to a social survey, consumers purchase organic foods because they concern about health, they stick to their own modes of life favoring natural foods, and so on. Another social survey shows that most organic farmers sell their produces to wholesalers, distributers, or producer coop, and direct sale to visitors at their own farm comprises of about 8 percent of their organic land.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• 제3권
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• pp.203-218
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• 1985

In Korea, the developmental gap is deep between rural and urban areas in spacial aspect and, or between agricultural and industrial side. So there are much room for improvement in agri. development in national standpoint as well as in individual farmer's level. In this respect, agricultural financing is requisitive to speed up the pace of agricultural development and in result, to contribute to improvement of farm income. By the way, farmers' credit demands are always in excess-demand status and they rely on private money-lenders in the burden of high interest rate. In agricultural financing market, there are two kinds of credit ; institutional credit and non-institutional credit market, that is private money-lending. In institutional credit, there are mutual credit system operating by the primary coops and policy credit system by NACF financed by Government in part. Here, in this paper, I venture to study on the improvements of the policy credit system to increase and activate the supply function of agri. policy credit into farmers to enhance their socio-economic status.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.402-405
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• 1999

국내 절화류의 포장 및 유통실태를 조사하고자 부산, 광주, 제주, 충남 및 경기지역을 1997년 10월부터 1998년 2월까지 산지 및 시장을 직접 방문하여 조사하였다. 절화류의 외포장재로는 이중양면 골판지가 주종을 이루고 있었으며 품목별 상자보다는 범용성 상자가 더 많이 사용되고 있었다. 내부포장재로는 재활용 신문지와 폴리에칠렌 필름이 주로 사용되고 있었다. 유통실태는 절화시장에서 도소매가 동시에 이루어지고 있었으며 유통경로는 3가지가 있었는데; 가장 많은 형태가 생산자 $\longrightarrow$ 서울위탁시장을 거쳐 소비자에 이르는 경로로 출하비중은 약 42%에 이른다. 또한, 생산자 $\longrightarrow$ 양재동 화훼공판장 $\longrightarrow$ 도.소매상 $\longrightarrow$ 소비자 경로의 출하비중은 약 18%, 나머지 40%는 생산자 $\longrightarrow$ 산지직.공판장 및 지방위탁시장 $\longrightarrow$ 도ㆍ소매상 $\longrightarrow$ 소비자의 경로였다. 절화류의 유통현대화를 위해서는 규격포장을 사용하여 출하하는 것이 바람직하다고 판단되었다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2012

Hanwoo, Korean cattle, is traditionally an important livestock to farmers and also important meat to consumers. Recently, to make more efficient production system and provide cheaper and high-quality hanwoo meat, the scale-up via brand is emphasized. However, the price of hanwoo is getting higher and the price increase is considered to occur due to marketing margins in the distribution process. In this study, factors affecting the hanwoo marketing margin are analyzed using 2004-2009 monthly data. In the Cochrane-Orcutt estimation of marketing margin, hanwoo production, other domestic production and import, income, output index, market share of major retailers, and market share of hanwoo brands shows statistical significance in the result. The results shows basic factors of the marketing margins to hanwoo and gives some implications to the management system of hanwoo brand like a sophisticated market segmentation and a differentiated promotion.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.151-171
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• 2008

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the feasibility of exporting Korean organic agricultural products to Japanese market. To achieve the objective, we explored the marketing trend of organic agricultural products in Japan and surveyed marketing dealers and food processors that deal with organic foods. We also analyzed Korean farmers' intention of acquiring organic Japanese Agricultural Standard(JAS) certificate in order to export organic agricultural products. The results show that mini tomato is economically feasible to acquire organic JAS certificate but other agricultural products need more attentions. The results also suggest that the education of production and safety management using the international standards such as Japanese Agricultural Standard should be strengthened by local government to promote export of organic agricultural products. The paper implies that producers acquiring organic Japanese Agricultural Standard should be systematization to get larger scale and to guarantee the stability in export supply.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.151-162
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• 1997

본 연구는 전통적인 농업입지론에 기초한 생산지향 모델에서 시장원리를 고려하여 토지이용에서 변화와 농작물 가격의 변화를 고찰하기 위한 이론 연구이다. 본 연구에서 제시된 균형모델은 생산비용, 운송률, 수요의 측면에서 생산지향모델과 비교된다. 시장(도시)의 규모가 농업토지이용에 미치는 영향을 시나리오를 통해 분석하였다. 또한 제시된 균형모델이 농업에서 불확실성이란 요소를 그 모델에서 어떻게 수용하는가를 제시하였다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2011

This paper presents exploratory research on consumer awareness and attitudesabout organic food, for which consumer demand continues to increase the paper also assesses consumers' organic food distribution channel preferences. By conducting a literature review, a case study has been carried out in order to glean customer behavior, market condition and typesof distribution channels, and development of specialty stores for organic foods. The early research indicates that consumer awareness and customer attitudes toward organic food are mostly positive however, organic food's high price, as well as a lack of organic food stores, cause a negative effect on consumers' purchase intention. Secondly, the U.S. organic food retail channel consists of such mainstream supermarket/grocery stores and leading natural and organic food supermarket chains as Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and Sunflower Farmers Market. For the current retail distribution of organic food in Korea, off-line stores are composed of direct management stores and franchise chains. Most of the organic food retail distribution operates through the Internet shopping mall, and are commonly located at retail distribution centers as multi-channel, shop-in-shop stores. Moreover, unlike in the U.S., association and consumers' cooperatives (Co-Ops), and such other member-direct retail stores as Hansallim, iCOOP, Nature Dream,and online shopping malls, are all active in Korea. Thirdly, as a result of an analysis of the present state of the organic food retail channel, as well as building a case for organic food specialty stores, the distinctive featuresand rapid growth of such unique organic food stores as Whole Foods Market, or Trader Joe's successful downsizing strategies, as well as Sunflower Farmers Market low-price approach, show steady industry growth. Moreover, as a result of a case studyof such domestic representative organic food specialty stores as "Olga" and "Chorokmaeul," a similar management style to the United States' "Whole Foods Market" and "Trader Joe's," respectively, can be seen. Similar to the U.S. market, Korean organic food markets should also implement active retail distribution opportunities, allowing consumers to select from various diverse and differentiated choices. In order to accomplish this goal, it is necessary to prepare such measures as sustaining reasonable prices, securing various suppliers for unique products,and improving consumer trust through advertisement strategies that are suitable for each company's branding processes.

• 농촌계획
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.137-147
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• 2015

In this study, consumers who have experience of visiting Jeongsun Arirang Market has been selected as samples to understand the characteristics of agricultural products purchase. For this, double hurdle model was used in order to resolve sample selection problem and obtain consistent estimator. The key points are the following. First, as the age increases(up to 59.8 years), chances of purchasing the products at traditional market increase as income increases. Second, when the residence area is outside of Gangwon-province, the purchase amount of the products increased compared to those from visitors within the Gangwon province. Also, visitors who use public transportations purchase less products compared to those who use their own car. Third, probability of agricultural products increase as the visitors consider positive effect the product purchase leads to the local farmers. Fourth, if the visitors consider the quality of the agricultural products, probability of purchasing agricultural product at the site increases. However, if the visitors consider the freshness of the agricultural products, the purchase amount rather drops. Fifth, the probability of purchase increases as visitors consider the brand of traditional market.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.414-420
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• 2008

우리나라 최대의 곶감 및 감 생산지인 경북 상주지역 감 재배농가의 병해충 관리 실태와 과원관리 실태를 알아보기 위하여 2007년과 2008년 감 재배 농가를 대상으로 설문 조사를 수행하였다. 감 경작자의 91.1%가 50대 이상이었으며 재배농가의 94.7%가 '상주둥시'를 재배하고 있었다. 58.4%의 경작자가 병에 의한 수확량 감소가 가장 심각하며 68.1%가 탄저병(Colletotrichum gloeosporioides)에 의한 피해가 가장 심하다고 하였다. 해충은 깍지벌레류의 피해가 심하다고 응답한 농가가 60.2%로 가장 많았다. 병해충 관리에 관한 지식은 경험에 의존하는 비율이 37.2%였으며 약제 선정은 농약 판매상의 권유가 48.7%로 가장 많았다. 년 평군 방제 횟수는 $3{\sim}5$회가 54%로 가장 많았으며 방제력을 기록하는 농가는 17.7%에 불과하였다. 병해충 관리의 가장 큰 문제점은 병해충 지식의 부족이라는 응답자가 60.2%로 가장 많았으며 과원 관리시 병해충 방제 비용이 가장 많이 들어간다는 농가가 52.2%로 가장 많았다. 감 재배농가의 66.4%가 타 작물과 혼작을 하고 있었으며 콩과 고추를 혼작하는 농가가 가장 많았다. 감 재배와 곶감 가공을 겸하는 농가가 44.2%였으며 곶감 가공 과정중 가장 큰 애로사항은 인력부족이 54.5%로 가장 많았다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제30권9호
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• pp.1207-1214
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• 2017

Since the industrialization of swine production in the late 1900s, swine farms in the United States, as well as in Europe, have largely become consolidated. Pig farms became larger in size but fewer in number, with 91% of market pigs being produced by large operations with 5,000 or more pigs on-site in the US, and only 3% of the total utilized agricultural land representing organic farming. Such change in the market made it difficult for small farmers to stay competitive, forcing them to find alternative ways to reduce the cost of production and increase profit using the outdoor production system. In contrast to the indoor confinement system, outdoor production system uses pasture-based units and/or deep-bedded hoop structures that promote animal welfare and environmental sustainability with a lower capital investment. In accord with the growing concern for animal and environmental welfare and food safety by the consumers, small farmers practicing an outdoor production system are seeing increased opportunities for marketing their products in the pork niche market. Unlike the general belief that the reproductive and growth performance measures of the outdoor sows and piglets are poorer in comparison with the animals reared indoors, studies showed that there was no significant difference in the performance measures, and some traits were even better in outdoor animals. Improved reproductive and production traits can increase the sustainability of outdoor farming. Present study reviewed the recent studies comparing the performance measures, meat quality and health of indoor and outdoor animals, as well as the efforts to improve the outdoor production system through changes in management such as hut types and breed of animals.