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Development of Evaluation Indicators for Maintenance and Preservation of Agriculture and Rural Heritage (델파이 기법을 이용한 농업·농촌유산 유지·보전 평가지표 개발)

  • Kim, Eun Ja;Jeong, Won Ill;Lee, Yoo Kyoung;Lim, Chang Su
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.1191-1226
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to develop the evaluation criteria for the maintenance preserve of agriculture and rural heritage. The major steps for this study are 1) drafting the evaluation criteria for maintenance preservation of agriculture and rural heritage 2) verifying the evaluation criteria, and 3) determining the weighting values of the confirmed evaluation criteria. First, to derive the evaluation criteria for maintenance preservation of agriculture and rural heritage, the researcher reviewed the literature on the evaluation of agriculture and rural heritage, including research on the indexes of agriculture and rural heritage, the degree of the maintain preservation of heritage. A total of 31 evaluation criteria were selected. Second, to verify the selected 5 evaluation items and 31 evaluation indexes, the Delphi Method was implemented. Using traditional 3-step Delphi Method consisting of close-ended forms, with a panel of 41 experts, the researchers verified 5 evaluation items 31 evaluation indexes, two for each evaluation area validity. The confirmed evaluation areas are 5 items of management plan, management support system, surroundings of heritage, local network, heritage utilization and 31 criteria were preservation maintenance, performance plan, resident community composition, monitoring, act of parliament fulfillment, ecosystem management, landscape harmony, restoration and transmission plan and enhancement of residents' capability, etc. in the order. Through maintenance preservation evaluation index of agriculture and rural heritage, it can be utilized as sustainable development of plural resources.

Residual characteristics of Neonicotinoid Insecticide dinotefuran and thiacloprid in cucumber (Neonicotinoide계 농약 dinotefuran과 thiacloprid의 오이 중 잔류특성)

  • Lee, Eun-Young;Noh, Hyun-Ho;Park, Young-Soon;Kang, Kyung-Won;Lee, Kwang-Hun;Park, Hyo-Kyung;Yun, Sang-Soon;Jin, Chung-Woo;Han, Sang-Kuk;Kyung, Kee-Sung
    • The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.98-104
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    • 2009
  • This study was carried out to investigate the residue patterns of two neonicotinoid insecticides, dinotefuran and thiacloprid, commonly used for cucumber, were subjected to indicate a residual characteristic under greenhouse conditions. The pesticides were sprayed onto the crop at recommended and double doses 7 days before harvest and then sampling was done 0, 2, 3, 5, and 7 days after spraying. The amounts of their residues in the crop were analyzed with an HPLC. Their detection limits were 0.01 mg/kg for dinotefuran and 0.005 mg/kg for thiacloprid. Mean recoveries of dinotefuran and thiacloprid were from 85.78 to 89.52 and from 85.71 to 95.31%, respectively. Half-lives of dinotefuran and thiacloprid were 2.8 and 1.8 days at the recommended dose and 2.8 and 1.5 days at the doubled dose, respectively. The ratios of the EDI to ADI by intake the crop harvested 7 days after spraying were less than 0.1% of their ADIs.

A Model Study for Development of Evaluation Criteria for Smart Farm Horticultural (시설원예 스마트 팜 평가 기준 개발을 위한 모델 연구)

  • Kim, Tae-Hyeong;Kim, Dae Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.8 no.9
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    • pp.339-345
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    • 2017
  • Recently, agriculture and the environment has changed dramatically due to global warming and abnormal weather. In particular, it is necessary to develop new agricultural techniques according to transforming the growing environment of agricultural crops. Therefore, "Smart Farm" building technology for controlling agricultural environment and improving efficiency for ICT technology development has recently been introduced. However, in reality, systematic and objective evaluation items are absent at various levels and management levels that affect the management environment of the smart farm. In this research, it derived the importance index among the factors associated with Smart Farm technology by AHP method. As a result, in order to evaluate comprehensive operation and management of the smart farm, the two evaluation fields(sensor device and control/information management system) were selected as the top evaluation items. These results mean that system that can detect the growth environment information of agricultural crops and control the growing environment is more important than anything, when smart farm is applied. It is judged that the results of this research can be used as basic data for making evaluation indicators associated with the introduction of smart palm technology in the future.

A Study on Mathematical Model of Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE) and Development of Animal Quarantine Information System Adapted for Small Island

  • Hirata, Teppei;Yonahara, Yoshihito;Asharif, Faramarz;Omatsu, Tsutomu;Miyagi, Takeshi;Nagata, Yasunori;Mizutani, Tetsuya;Tamaki, Shiro
    • IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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    • v.2 no.5
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    • pp.302-309
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    • 2013
  • This paper proposes a mathematical model of Caprine arthritis encephalitis (CAE), which is a disease causing significant economic damage to the goat farming industry, and reports the application of this model to the development of an information management system of animal quarantine to overcome this disease. The mathematical model of CAE was derived from the AIDs model in human case because epidemical characteristics of these diseases including infection pass are similar. This model can be expressed by simultaneous differential equations. Simulations using a new model were performed according Euler's and Runge-Kutta method using numerical analysis software. In each method, strong convergence was observed and the results were similar. The design of an information management system of animal quarantine was proposed as an application of the new model. System design was constructed on the assumption that in subtropical islands, the expected development of information infrastructure and utilization will become valuable in the future.

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농산물 이력추적 시스템의 생산자 지속적 사용의도에 관한 연구

  • Jeong, Mi-Ri;Choe, Yeong-Chan;Mun, Jeong-Hun;Lee, Cheol-Hui
    • 한국경영정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.515-520
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    • 2007
  • 본 연구의 목적은 농산물 이력추적 시스템을 사용하는 생산자들의 시스템에 대한 만족과 지속적인 사용의도에 영향을 주는 요인을 파악하여 농산물 이력추적 시스템의 활성화를 위한 기초자료를 제공하는 것이다. 실증적인 검증을 위하여 재사용의도와 관련한 선행연구들을 검토하여 TAM과 ECT를 결합시킨 Extended ECT 모델을 제안하고 실제 농산물 이력추적 사업에 시범참여하고 있는 생산자 100명을 상대로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 분석 결과, 지각된 유용성 및 용이성, 수익성은 시스템 만족에 긍정적인 영향을 미치며 이는 지속적인 사용의도로 연결되었으나 지각된 용이성과 유용성이 직접적으로 지속적인 사용의도에 영향을 미치는 것은 아닌 것으로 나타났다. 이 결과는 농산물 외의 식품 이력추적 시스템에도 포괄적으로 적용이 가능하다.

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The major factors effecting the decrease of forest cover in the Huaphanh Province, Northern Laos

  • Alounsavath, Phayvanh;Kim, Sebin;Lee, Bohwi
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.219-228
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    • 2019
  • The forest of the Huaphanh Province (HP) has continued to decrease at 0.6% (10,560 ha) per year from 1992 to 2010. In the past few decades, the government of Laos and the Huaphanh Provincial Authority have been trying to address the root causes of deforestation. This study attempts to examine the factors effecting the decrease of the forest cover in the HP by analyzing the influence of the local socio-economic development and implementation of forest management policies on changes in the forest cover. The social data of the province focused on population growth and distribution between urban and rural areas including the number of poor people and the economic growth of three sectors, namely agriculture and forestry, industry, and service, while the implementation of the state forest management policy focused on the state forest management plan, tree plantation, forest land use planning and allocation to households, and shifting cultivation including annual upland rice and maize cultivation. In addition, government reports on socio-economic and rural development including poverty eradication of other provinces, where an increase in the forest cover was observed, were also collected and analyzed using qualitative and comparative analysis. The results from this study indicate that the decrease in forest cover in the Huaphanh Province appears to depend on a very slow economic growth and reduction in rural poverty of the province. The increase in the rural population in the province led to an increase in farm households and are as for shifting cultivation. As a result, forests were cleared leading to a decrease in the forest cover.

A Study on the Influence of Acceptance Factors of ICT Convergence Technology on the Intention of Acceptance in Agriculture : Focusing on the Moderating Effect of Innovation Resistance (ICT융합기술 수용요인이 농업분야의 수용의도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구: 혁신저항의 조절효과를 중심으로)

  • Lee, Tae-Yeol;Heo, Chul-Moo
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.17 no.9
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    • pp.115-126
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    • 2019
  • This study is a survey of people who are return to farming on the intention of accepting ICT convergence technology in agriculture. The research targets were 218 people based on convenience and judgment sampling methods, and the exploratory factor analysis and multiple return analysis were performed with SPSS 22.0. As a result, the independent variables such as performance expectation, effort expectation, and social influence had a positive effect on the acceptance intention of ICT convergence technology in agriculture. In addition, the moderating effects of innovation resistance on these influence relationships were also verified. The limitations of this study are the lack of verification of perception changes and the inability to control variables. As a result of this research, the results of the UTAUT in other fields were confirmed in this study. It is hoped that this study will further facilitate the research of agriculture in ICT convergence technology.

Spatial Pedological Mapping Using a Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer at the Tallavera Grove Vineyard, Hunter Valley

  • Jang, Ho-Jun;Minasny, Budiman;Stockmann, Uta;Malone, Brendan
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.49 no.6
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    • pp.635-643
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    • 2016
  • Wine consumers desire to drink a high quality wine. For producing high quality wine, high quality soil is required. Conventionally, soil quality is assessed qualitatively. Using traditional laboratory methods, quantitative data can be obtained for management purpose, but it is time consuming and expensive. Therefore, new technology aims to address these limitations, namely portable X-Ray fluorescence spectrometers (pXRF). This instrument can be used directly in the field, requires no soil sample preparations, and can simultaneously measure a wide range of elements qualitatively that are useful for pedological studies. The chemical composition (Ca, Fe, Ti and Zr) of soils at Tallavera Grove vineyard in New South Wales, Australia, was studied using a pXRF. The analysis of the soil's elemental concentration (i.e. Ca and Fe) using pXRF supports management decisions. Measuring the soil's Ca concentration can be used to identify Ca-rich parent materials (limestone). The limestone indicates good soil conditions for vine production. Fe content was used to identify areas of texture-contrast soils or soil with accumulation of clays in the B horizon. In addition, a soil weathering index was calculated using elemental concentrations (i.e. Ti and Zr) to explore the history of soil formation for making decision of management. This index showed that the soil in the vineyard was affected by two processes: the deposition of materials from elsewhere (Aeolian transport or soil erosion) and mixing of materials from upslope.

Assessment of Seasonal Variation in Water Quality in Daedong Lake (대동호의 시기별 및 계절별 수질변화 평가)

  • Yun, Jin-Ju;Kang, Se-Won;Park, Jong-Hwan;Seo, Dong-Cheol;Kim, Hyun-Woo;Cho, Ju-Sik
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.197-203
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    • 2020
  • BACKGROUND: Most lakes have increased concerns about water pollution due to the inflow of non-point sources caused by human activities. Therefore, the lake water quality survey was conducted in order to propose effective plans for water quality management by analyzing the characteristics of lakes and the change of water quality. METHODS AND RESULTS: In order to investigate the physicochemical water quality in Daedong lake, water quality analysis was undertaken from July 2018 to June 2019. Water temperature was ranged from 7.8 to 34.3℃ and pH varied from 6.9 to 10.2. The concentration of Dissolved oxygen, Suspended solid, Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) were 5.6 ~ 17.2 mg/L, 2.4 ~ 35.3 mg/L, and 4.5 ~ 15.1 mg/L, and 0.9 ~ 2.8 mg/L, respectively. The Total Nitrogen (T-N) concentration ranged from 0.974 ~ 2.126 mg/L, and Total Phosphorus (T-P) concentration ranged from 0.014 ~ 0.057 mg/L. The Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) ranged from 2.7 ~ 37.9 mg/㎥. Through Carlson TSIm assessment using T-P and Chl-a results, evaluating trophic state, Daedong lake was evaluated as mesotrophic. CONCLUSION: Water pollution management plan needs such as nutrient removal technology and nonpoint source management for prevention of eutrophication in Daedong lake.

Feeding and Management System to Reduce Environmental Pollution in Swine Production - Review -

  • Han, In K.;Lee, J.H.;Piao, X.S.;Li, Defa
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.432-444
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    • 2001
  • In this manuscript, several effective feeding and management systems to reduce environmental pollution in swine production have been briefly introduced. It is logical that reducing the excretion of nutrients in manure should be the first step to reduce the environmental impact of pig production. it is evident that the excretion of nitrogen and phosphorus can be reduced when more digestible or available feedstuffs are used. Also, it is well known that proper feed processing can reduce anti nutritional factors (ANF) and improve nutrient digestibilities. Supplementation of effective feed additives can reduce excretion of nitrogen and phosphorus due to efficient feed utilization. These include enzymes (e.g., phytase), antibiotics, probiotics, organic acids and growth hormones ($\beta$-agonists and porcine somatotropin). One of the most effective ways to reduce pollutants from swine manure is to use synthetic amino acids in feed manufacturing. Many studies showed that reduction of 2 to 4% unit (U) of dietary protein with supplemental amino acid (AA) could dramatically reduce (15 to 20%) nitrogen excretion. Regarding feeding strategies, it has been recognized that phase feeding regimen could be used to reduce nitrogen and phosphorous excretion by feeding pigs in better agreement with age and physiological state. Feeding barrows and gilts separately, known as split sex feeding, can also decrease excretion of nitrogen and phosphorus. With the increasing concerns on the negative impact of animal production systems on the environment, animal nutritionists and producers should be aware that sustainability of animal agriculture is as important as high production performance. Therefore, some feeding and management strategies described in this manuscript will help to reduce environmental pollution in swine production. Proper combination of feeding regimen and environment-friendly diet formulation through nutritional approach will be more effective to reduce nutrient excretion in swine production system compared to single approach to do so.