Conventional, Partially Converted and Environmentally Friendly Farming in South Korea : Profitability and Factors Affecting Farmers’ Choice

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Lee, Saem ; Nguyen, Trung Thanh ; Poppenborg, Patrick ; Shin, Hio-Jung ; Koellner, Thomas:
Conventional, Partially Converted and Environmentally Friendly Farming in South Korea : Profitability and Factors Affecting Farmers’ Choice.
In: Sustainability. Vol. 8 (25 July 2016) Issue 8 . - no. 704, 18 Seiten.
ISSN 2071-1050
DOI der Verlagsversion: https://doi.org/10.3390/su8080704

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Abstract

While organic farming is well established in Europe a nd USA, it is still catching up in Asian countries. The government of South Korea has implemented environmentally friendly farming that encompasses organic farming. Despite the promotion of environmentally friendly farming, it still has a low share in South Korea and partially converted farming has emerged in some districts of South Korea. However, the partially converted farming has not yet been investigated by the government. Thus, our study implemented a financial analysis to compare the annual costs and net returns of conventional, partially converted and environmentally friendly farming in Gangwon Province. The result showed that environmentally friendly farming was more profitable with respect to farm net returns. To find out the factors affecting the adoption of environmentally friendly farming, multinomial logistic regression was implemented. The findings revealed that education and subsidy positively and significantly influenced the probability of farmers’ choice on partially converted and environmentally friendly farming. Farm size had a negative and significant relationship with only environmentally friendly farming. This study will contribute to future policy establishment for sustainable agriculture as recommended by improving the quality of fertilizers, suggesting the additional investigation associated with partially converted farmers.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Additional notes (visible to public):	BAYCEER137282
Keywords:	environmentally friendly farming; partial conversion; economic benefits; decision-making
DDC Subjects:	500 Science > 550 Earth sciences, geology
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Professor Ecological Services > Professor Ecological Services - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Köllner Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Professor Ecological Services
Language:	English
Originates at UBT:	Yes
Date Deposited:	15 Mar 2018 10:21
Last Modified:	22 Jun 2020 07:42
URI:	https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/3616

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