South Korea: Direction of conversion to agricultural administration, framework must be broadened

Published Sep 13, 2021

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The article highlights the challenges faced by South Korea's agricultural sector since the market liberalization, with a focus on stagnant production and declining farmer income. Professor Lim Jeong-bin of Seoul National University criticizes the current agricultural management strategies, calling for a shift towards a new strategy that seeks opportunities in the changing internal and external environment. He advocates for expanding the scope of agricultural administration to include agricultural life industry and consumption, and for encouraging businesses to use domestic agricultural products as raw materials. Additionally, he stresses the need for an income safety net for farmers, better implementation of central government policies at the local level, and an increase in the budget and power of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Since the opening of the agricultural market, all indicators showing the reality of agriculture and rural areas have continued to illuminate in red. Agricultural production is stagnant, and the pockets of farmers are getting worse. This fact is even more painful in that the government has not neglected the damage to agriculture since the market opened. This is because it proves that the agricultural management strategies so far have not been effective. In response, Professor Lim Jeong-bin of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Sociology at Seoul National University (Chairman of the Korean Society of Agricultural Economics) emphasizes the need to devise a new strategy for future agriculture. It calls for discovering agricultural opportunities in the rapidly changing internal and external environment and expanding the scope of agricultural administration. I met Professor Lim and heard about the development strategy of agriculture. - Please evaluate the agricultural ...

Source: Nongmin