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The Changes of Peasant Activists' Life in Jindo-gun since 1990s -Focusing on changes of socio-economic situation and values- (1990년대 이후 진도군 농민활동가들의 생활상의 변화 -사회경제적 상황, 가치관의 변화를 중심으로-)

  • Choi, Jung Gie;Hong, Sung Heup
    • Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.321-334
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    • 2014
  • This study is planned to discover the behavior of Korean peasants cope with the changes of structure last 30 years. So, I have surveyed the activists of Jindo Peasants Association through questionnaire. The outcome of survey are as follows; First, Peasants movement have been become weakened and the hope of future have disappeared. Although they have resisted the pressure of structural changes zealously, their life conditions have worsened. So, Peasants movement have been become weakened and they have no alternative choice. Second, The economic situations of all activist those who surveyed have worsened and there is no exits. If looking only at the surface of things, the socio-economic situations of Jindo peasants activists show a tendency to polarization. But, to tell the truth, overall immiseration have occurred at Jindo area. Third, confusion of their sense of values and weakening of self-esteem have occurred among the Jindo peasants activists. It is because that farming which is evaluated high in respect to cultural and industrial perspective, have been eliminated and disregarded. Especially, worsening of earnings and expenses make the peasants to be in the worse situations.

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A Study on the Class Characteristics of Tenants in Chungnam Province (충남지역(忠南地域) 소작농가(小作農家)의 계급적(階級的) 성격(性格)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究))

  • Kim, Jai Hong
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.384-395
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    • 1987
  • This paper aims to identify the class characteristics of tenants. To this end Patnaik's model is selected, because this model is most reasonable for sorting class structures of tenants. In his Model, "labor-exploitation criterion" is the main criterion for identifying class status. According to this criterion, there are five rural classes i.e. landlord, rich peasant, middle peasant, poor peasant, and full-time laborer. "Net labor ratio" is used for this purpose as empirical data handling. Net labor ratio is a ratio of net labor hired in to family labor, if hired in labor is more then this ratio is positive, and if hired out labor is more then the ratio is negative. Hired in and hired out labor includes not only direct labor but indirect labor such as labor employment or sales through rent. The results of this study are summarized as First, almost all tenants and owner cultivators are of the middle peasant class. Second, there are no rich peasant among the tenants, but 5% of owner cultivators are rich peasants, and 10% of tenants are poor peasants, owner cultivators are 1%. Third, the net: labor ratio of tenants is -0.211, and that of owners is 0.143. There are differences between tenants and owner cultivators even if land is much the same, and owner cultivators net labor ratio is positive except in the land size of 0.3-0.5ha, but that of the tenants' is negative. Fourth, proto-labor poor peasants earned 25% of income from labor, compared with under 10% of proto-tenant poor passant's. Rent to income ratio is almost 60% of proto-tenant, 27% of proto-labor among poor peasants.

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An Examination of Food Intake and Nutritional status of the Koreans by Walks of Life during the Period of Japanese Ruling (일제하 한국인의 식품 섭취 및 생활 계층별로 본 영양소 섭취량에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sung-Mee;Lee, Sung-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.71-82
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    • 1989
  • While ruling Chosun, with a view to making Chosun the primary supplier of food, Japan made the peasantry of Chosun go to ruin by leaving land from them through land enterprises, and the projects of increasing rice production. At the same time, Japan formed the higher classes comprising pro-Japanese capitalists, landlords and intellectuals, and protected them in order to carry out her colonial policies. Naturally there came into being a great gulf between the minority of high society and the majority of the poor in Chosun. As there was a great difference in food life between the two, I'm going to examine the literature of those days to grasp exactly the condition of their food intake. As for the staple food, out of thirteen provinces in Chosun, 13% lived on only rice and 27% on other minor cereals with no rice. As for the subsidiary food, about thirty percents did not take any animal protein. The examination of intake of nutrition by classes shows that the higher and middle classes took the necessary amount of calorie and protein and that the component ratio of calorie was comparatively properly distributed. The lower classes are defined as those whose monthly income was less than 100 won and the peasantry in general. And again the peasantry are classified into three-high, middle and low-according to their farming conditions. The tenant farmers in Kyeongguido and the peasants of Darli community took enough amount of calorie and protein, but much smaller amount of animal protein. Fire-field farmers led not less miserable food intake than the extremely poor peasants. They seldom lived on rice. Potatoes, oats and millets were their staple food. Lastly, Engel's coefficient for the Tomack-min (the residents in mud huts) who were among the three extremely poor classes, was 73.3%, which was much higher than that of the lower classes in then Japan. Rationed rice and barley were their staple food but the rationed amount was not sufficient to satisfy needs of physical labor. In conclusion, during the period of Japanese ruling of Chosun, the minority of higher and middle classes in Chosun generally took sufficient amount of nutrient, while the status of food intake with poor peasants, fire-field farmers and Tomack-min was extremely miserable.

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A Study on the Source of Manual for Agriculture (농정신편(農政新編)의 출전고(出典攷))

  • Kim, Myong-Bae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.1 no.4
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    • pp.383-394
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    • 1986
  • This study was conducted to search the origin of Nong Jung Shin Pyun ( 農政新編 ), a book of agricultural manual. This book was edited by An Jong-Soo who translated the agricultural manual of Japan and China, both were writted in Japanese. This book might be used not only as text book for agricultural workshop but as reference book for peasants.

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Animal Behaviours Related to Pine Seeds on the Forest Floor

  • Park, Jae-Keun
    • 한국생태학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.79-82
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    • 2002
  • Main attackers on pine seeds on the forest floor were investigated in Korea. Damage on pine cones begins in early stage of cone formation, especially by squirrel and Korean squirrel. The above animals left Kayak-like hulls of seed on rocks and fallen tree trunk. Field mice also left the same shape of Kayak-like hulls. But birds including doves and peasants left large shreds with longitudinal cracks or seed cup trace. Most of seeds on the leaf litters as well as under the fallen leaf were consumed by fold mice and birds. Especially fold mice found the seeds under fallen leaves and consumed all of them.

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Animal Behaviours Related to Pine Seeds on the Forest Floor

  • Park, Jae-Keun
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.213-216
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    • 2002
  • Main attackers on pine seeds on the forest floor were investigated in Korea. Damage on pine cones begins in early stage of cone formation, especially by squirrel and Korean squirrel. The above animals left Kayak-like hulls of seed on rocks and fallen tree trunk. Field mice also left the same shape of Kayak-like hulls. But birds including doves and peasants left large shreds with longitudinal cracks or seed cup trace. Most of seeds on the leaf litters as well as under the fallen leaf were consumed by field mice and birds. Especially field mice found the seeds under fallen leaves and consumed all of them.

Study on the Solution to the Excessively Transferring Labor Forces in China's New Rural Building (중국 신 농촌 건설에 있어서 농촌 잉여 노동력에 대한 해결방안 연구)

  • Wang, Yong-Le;Fan, Ping;Sim, Moon-Bo
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.9 no.12
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    • pp.222-234
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    • 2009
  • How to make use of the surplus labor force is the key problem referring to success or failure of new rural building in China. The purpose of the paper is to know exactly that what the problems to the development in the rural area, especially the problem of the rural labor force. The way to solve rural labor force question is to protect the rights of peasants, eliminate the extant city and rural's partitioning pattern and give them the same treatment. Firstly, it should dominate the city and rural economic society's development; Secondly, it should dominate the markets in city and rural, and speed up the fair competition in employment; Thirdly, it should dominate the infrastructural facilities in city and rural; Fourthly, it should dominate the education and social enterprises in city and rural; Fifthly, it should dominate the social security system in city and rural. It should also enlarge the investment of funding, science technology, talented person and management. This is the only way to solve the problem of rural labor force outlet.

Ovarian Activity of Dromedary (Single Humped) Camel (Camelus dromedarius) in North-Eastern Nigeria

  • Yahaya, M.S.;Takahashi, J.;Matsuoka, S.;Alaku, O.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.868-870
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    • 1999
  • A total of 69 ovaries were collected from 345 camels slaughtered in Maiduguri abattoir, North-Eastern part of Nigeria, to study the influence of season on ovary weight and corpus luteum count in the dromedary (single humped) camel (Camelus dromedaries). Right ovary was significantly heavier (p<0.01) and had more follicular fluid than the left. Although corpus luteum count increased gradually throughout the study period, no camel had 3 active corpora lutea and only 53 out of the total number had two. Ovarian activity seem to be higher in the cold dry harmattan season, November/December, than during the warmer post rainy season, September/October. These periods can be exploited by farmers, especially peasants who rely heavily on natural mating, to obtain greater conception rates and reduce the chance of failure during mating.

Current Status, Future Trend and General Policies of Forestry in China

  • Cheng, Ming;Ahmed, Sheikh Ali;Chun, Su-Kyoung;Kim, Jong-In
    • Journal of the Korea Furniture Society
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 2006
  • Based on data collected by the State Forestry Administration (SFA) and other databases, this paper describes the current status, future trend and general policies in China's forestry. Forestry sector plays an important role in GDP growth of China. As a result forestry industry value output is increasing day by day. There is huge gap between demand and supply of timber projected in 2010. As a result it is necessary to develop fast growing, high yield forest following some specific policies. The ultimate goals of forestry are to construct or improve industry infrastructure, overall upgrade of forest industry structure, income improvement of forest employees and peasants, polices renewal and technology improvement, acceleration of forest processing with high-tech.

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