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Trends in Organic Farming Technology by Patent Analysis (특허분석을 통한 유기농업 기술 동향)

  • Hong, Seung-Gil;Kim, Jin-Ho;im, Yong-Ki;Shin, Jae-Hun;Yun, Jong-Chul;Park, Dong-Shik
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.369-379
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    • 2014
  • To investigate the technology trends in organic farming using patent analysis, total 1,026 patents in organic farming in Australia, EU, Japan, Korea and USA between 1974 and 2014 were analyzed. The number of the patents applied in organic farming was largest in Korea, followed by Japan and the USA. Since 2000, the patent application in Korea and USA increased drastically, while in Japan the patents in organic farming were applied steadily in the late 1980s. The applied patents in organic farming were mainly dominated in the field of organic production technology (AA) especially in Korea, while those in environmental assessment were merely applied. Most patent appliers were biased to private applier (80%) than national institutes including university. With this study, it is highly recommended that national interests and R&D on the organic farming fields are needed to meet the food safety.

Pesticidal Activity of Environment friendly agricultural materials (EFAMs)

  • Park, J.H.;Han, E.J.;Hong, S.J.;Ahn, N.H.;Kim, Y.K.;Jee, H.J.
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.19 no.spc
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    • pp.287-290
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    • 2011
  • Environment friendly agricultural material products (EFAMs) in current market were evaluated for their insecticidal or acaricidal activities. EFAMs were evaluated against Tetranychus urticae, Plutella xylostella, Myzus persicae and Nilaparvata lugens in spray method. Several EFAMs indicated high control value in spray method. Hatchability of T. urticae was relatively high after EFAM treatment. some materials show high insecticidal activities against P. xylostella larvae but not against eggs. Few mete rials showed more than 80% insecticidal activities against M. persicae and N. lugen. The control value of more than half the materials for pest control was lower than 60%. EFAMs containing S. flavescens, neem oil and Rape showed higher control value.

Evaluation of Phytophthora Late Blight Resistance of Potato Variety in Korea (국내에서 육성한 감자품종의 역병 저항성평가)

  • Ryu, Kyoung-Yul;Jee, Hyeong-Jin;Shim, Chang-Ki;Lee, Byung-Mo;Park, Jong-Ho;Choi, Du-Hoe;Ryu, Gab-Hee;Park, Young-Eun
    • Research in Plant Disease
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.235-239
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    • 2006
  • Since the cultivation of resistance cultivar is essential for organic agriculture, Phytophthora late blight resistance of 16 advanced potato clones obtained from the potato breeding laboratory at the National Institute of Highland Agriculture was evaluated. Resistance of the clone was examined through artificial inoculation in the laboratory and in the field. Dominant isolates of the pathogen in Gangwon province produced abundant sporangia on leaves of most clones showing susceptibility. The number of sporangia ranged from $10^{7{\sim}8}sporangia/ml$ in the susceptible clones at 7 days after inoculation. However, one clone is resistant in organic farming fields. Disease incidence was 2.3% using the resistant clone. The area under disease progress curve(AUDPC) was 75.5. Contrarily, disease incidence of the susceptible variety was 100% and the AUDPC was 1773.5 during the same cultivation period. The resistance clone named as 'Haryeong' is considered suitable for organic potato cultivation in Gangwon province in Korea.

A Role of Bio-production Robots in Precision Farming Model of Japan

  • Shibusawa S.
    • Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.1-4
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    • 2004
  • Community-based precision farming is a new concept of agricultural systems, which leads to organize groups of wise farmers and technology platforms in Japan. The wisdom farmers create a rational farming system to manage hierarchical variability: variability in farmers' community as well as variability of within-field and between-field. The technology platform develops and provides three key-technologies: mapping technology, variable-rate technology, and decision support systems available for rural constraints. Advancement of bio-production robots leads precision farming to the next level, where two technological innovations: how to produce and manage information-oriented fields and information-added products, can be attained.

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Disease Progress and Yield Loss of Potato Late Blight Caused by Pntytophthora Infestans in Organic Farming Fields (유기농 감자재배지에서 감자역병에 의한 병 진전 및 수량감소)

  • Ryu Kyoung-Yul;Jee Hyeong-Jin;Choi Do-Hoi;Cheon Jeong-Uk;Kim Jong-Tae;Kim Byung-Sup
    • Research in Plant Disease
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.122-127
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    • 2005
  • Late blight of potato caused by Phtophthora infestans is one of the most destructive disease in organic farming as well as in the conventional cultivation in Korea. Incidence and progress of the disease largely depend on climatic conditions around the fields. However, the disease completely destroys whole leaves of the plant within two weeks in organic farming fields. While, potato leaves in conventional farming fields remain healthy for 5 weeks after the first symptom appearance, because fungicides were applied four times in average to control the disease. Area under disease progress curve (AUDPC) of organic farming fields ranged from 2314 to 2421 and quickly expanded compare to that of conventional farming fields. The tuber yield in the organic farming fields ranged from 0.96 ton per 10a to 1.5 ton per 10a, while it was 2.7 ton per 10a in conventional farming fields. Tuber yields were reduced to $42\~63\%$ by the infection of late blight and the reduction rate was closely related with the time of first occurrence of the disease in organic farming fields. Physiological races of the pathogen were diversified with R0,1,3,4,5,7,10,11 in organic farming fields at Hongchun area. Pathogen races were distributed with similar pattern at different areas of organic farming fields.

Statistical analysis of Production Efficiency on the Strawberry Farms Using Smart Farming (스마트팜 도입 딸기농가의 생산효율성 통계분석)

  • Choi, Don-Woo;Lim, Cheong-Ryong
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.46 no.3
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    • pp.707-716
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: This study aims to analyze the management performance and production efficiency of strawberry farmers who introduced smart farming, one of the primary symbols of the fourth industrial revolution in the agricultural sector. Methods: We conducted an empirical survey of strawberry farms using smart farming and analyzed production efficiency using DEA method. Results: First, difficulties for strawberry farmers introducing smart farming included time and money spent on parts replacement and additional costs due to compatibility problems with existing facilities after the adoption. Second, strawberry farmers using smart farming increased their total income by producing higher yield and improving quality thanks to the competent growth management. Third, the analysis of production efficiencies before and after smart farming found improvement in technical efficiency, pure technical efficiency, and scale efficiency. But, the gaps in technical and scale efficiencies among the farms widened. Conclusion: Based on the results above, following policy suggestions are offered. First, an environment control technology suitable for strawberry farming needs to be developed. Second, the smart farming technology needs to be standardized by the government. Third, new smart farm models need to be developed to accommodate to the facilities and environment in Korea through collecting big data including high-quality data on the environment, growth, and yield. Fourth, continuing education needs to be provided to narrow the gap in smart farming technology among strawberry farmers.