한국 친환경생산 농가의 이분화에 관한 연구

This study aims to clarify the characteristics of farms that have been sold to eco-friendly agricultural product distribution companies since 2010. Eco-friendly agriculture as an alternative to conventional agriculture can be defined as a comprehensive production management system of agriculture based on the principles of ecosystem such as material circulation, biodiversity, health of the agricultural ecosystem, and activation of soil organisms. However, in the process of spreading eco-friendly agriculture, criticism has been raised that the aspect of income improvement was emphasized rather than this value aspect, and the original goal was lost. Moreover, with the abolition of the low-pesticide certification from 2016, many farmers have turned to conventional agriculture. Therefore, it is necessary to convert the current eco-friendly certification system from a result-based third party certification system to a process-oriented PGS(participatory guarantee system), and to introduce a regional certification system that can make this easier. This study shows the bifurcation of eco-friendly agriculture in Korea by revealing that farmers with large sales figures are leading eco-friendly agriculture. This bifurcation can be said to be likely to go in a different direction from the direction of eco-friendly agriculture such as low input, internal circulation, and natural symbiosis. However, since the data used in this analysis are not direct data on eco-friendly farms, but target farms sold through specialized distributor of eco-friendly agricultural products, farms that are eco-friendly producers and are not sold through specialized distributor of eco-friendly agricultural products may be omitted. Although the analysis is limited in that regard, this study explains that the bifurcation of eco-friendly agriculture in Korea is progressing and that to solve the problems, it is urgent to prepare alternatives such as the introduction of local certification system or PGS.