Differentiated benefits and responsibilities by type… Countries around the world focus on supporting ‘real farmers’

In Korea, whether or not an agricultural management entity is registered is an absolute standard for determining the target of agricultural and forestry projects. As such, it is not uncommon to register as an agricultural management entity first in order to receive policy benefits. If we look overseas, we can find cases where agricultural management entities are divided by type and provided with different benefits and responsibilities accordingly. The purpose is to focus support on those who operate agriculture as an industry or who will play an important role in future agriculture, thereby promoting agricultural policy efficiency. A representative case that we can refer to is Japan, where the first thing that stands out is the fact that agricultural management entities are categorized in various ways. Japan introduced the agricultural management entity system in 2005 to understand the various management types of farms. An agricultural management entity is recognized if it ...