| dc.description.abstract | Jangsu-gun set up 'Five Year Scheme for Differentiation' in 2005 and has innovated its agricultural administration system and planned and pursued creative policies since then. The present study aimed at examining the current situation, accomplishment, limitation of the agricultural administration of Jangsu-gun and finding a course to be pursued in the future for improving it.
Specifically, following several researching objectives were defined. Firstly, the present study intended to examine the agricultural situation of Jangsu-gun, the innovation process for the agricultural administration of the region, and the current system pursued, and to find out the accomplishment of implemented policies. Secondly, in the present study, the changes in agricultural economy of Jangsu-gun and the contribution of agricultural administration for Jangsu-gun to the changes were analyzed. Thirdly, the present study tried to find an advanced course of agricultural administration and strategies to be pursued for Jangsu-gun so that Jangsu-gun could keep up with environmental changes of the outside.
The present study examined the current agricultural situation of Jangsu-gun and inspected the innovation process of the agricultural administration of the last several years. The farming industry of Jangsu-gun has changed in several aspects during a short period of time. Some changes were induced by the innovation of agricultural administration. In the present study, interviews with government employees, who worked for the agricultural administration of Jangsu-gun, performed in 2006 and 2009, and relevant statistical data and documentation were analyzed and in doing so the background where the current agricultural administration system was established , and characteristics and accomplishment of the system were examined.
Agricultural household economy of the Jangsu-gun was investigated with every agricultural household involved so that a long-term vision for the development of the farming industry of Jangsu-gun could be suggested. Based on the result, ‘Five Year Scheme for Differentiation’ was set up. Through the scheme, unique agricultural administration projects such as ‘regional circular agriculture’, ‘5‧3 Project’ that was creating more than 3,000 households with income of more than fifty million won, ‘operation of an agricultural university', and 'activation of back-to-earth and return-to-the-soil movement' were pursued. In 2009, the agricultural income of farming households of Jangsu-gun was increased by 4.7% compared to the previous year. Considering that the national agricultural income during the same period was reduced, it was outstanding accomplishment. The average agricultural income of farming households of Jangsu-gun in 2009 was estimated at approximated 20 million and 750 thousand won. It was assumed that there were more than 700 farming households with income of more than 50 million won. The number of farming households with income of more than 50 million won had annually increased by 10.3% on the average since 2006.
Several plans for Jangsu-gun to deal with environmental changes and improve its agricultural administration further are suggested as follows.
Firstly, it is required to rearrange organizational and human conditions needed for planning and managing integrated policies. The current agricultural administration organization is in a less effective state in terms of integrated policy planning and management compared to several years ago.
Secondly, it is needed to improve the data management system of ‘5‧3 Project.' It is also required to design a sample survey to ensure the reliability of data. Before anything else, it is important to ensure and operate human resources which could effectively use the data for agricultural administration planning.
Thirdly, project implementing units for supporting local farmers such as ‘Jangsu Korean Beef Business Unit’ should be transformed into corporations separated from Jangsu County. The business units should become local public corporate bodies or social corporations in a proper form which could create a certain amount of income and contribute to the local society at the same time.
Fourthly, to boost marketing of agricultural and livestock products , producing-place distribution for fruits and vegetables should be more organized centering around S-APC. In addition, various kinds of 'short-cut marketing' strategies such as direct sales at farms, postal and internet sales, local festivals, and antenna shops should be established to prepare for the expected increase in tourists so that the local brand value of agricultural and livestock products of Ja ngsu-gun could be improved.
Lastly, 'regional circular agricultural system establishment' that has been intensively pursued by the agricultural administration of Jangsu-gun should be advanced in a more organized and gradual way. It is also important to make an effort to secure required financial resources.
Researchers: Jeong-Seop Kim, Ho-Gun Chong, and Joo-Nyung Heo
E-mail address: jskkjs@krei.re.kr | - |
