[Kim Jeong-seop's Research Notes] Joint Farming and Village Farming

Published 2025년 9월 12일

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[Korean Farmers' News] Each type of crop has its own conditions that make growth and fruition possible. If the soil or climate is not suitable, southern oranges become northern citrus, and tangerines become bitter oranges. Would a farmer move Jeju's expensive citrus to Bonghwa, Gyeongsangbuk-do? However, in agricultural and rural policies, one often encounters ill-advised relocations. When a novel example emerges somewhere and becomes known, policy projects are planned and disseminated nationwide based on it, but later it turns out that it was not a tangerine but a bitter orange! Isn't this a common occurrence? As Kim Young-min said in "Dongmuroon" (page 186), "The form of foolishness is repetition," so one might seek to find the reason for this foolishness.

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"Economies of scale" refers to the reduction in unit production costs, or the cost of producing a single product, as production volume increases. "Economies of scope" refers to the situation where the total cost of producing multiple products or services together in a single business is lower than the sum of the costs of producing each product or service separately in different businesses. The strategy of the Neulbom Agricultural Corporation is to pursue "economies of scope." Kim Jeong-seop, Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Rural Economic Institute Each type of crop has its own conditions for growth and fruition. If the soil or climate is not suitable, southern oranges become northern tangerines. Would a farmer in Bonghwa, Gyeongsangbuk-do, move their oranges to Jejudo because Jeju oranges are expensive? However, in agricultural and rural policies, one often encounters ill-advised relocations. When a novel case emerges somewhere and becomes known, policy initiatives are planned ...

Source: Agrinet