A Review and Recommendations for Promoting Environmentally-Friendly Agriculture in Korea

Abstract

Abstract:The objective of this study was to provide a macroscopic evaluation review of environmentally-friendly agriculture (EFA) status and then suggest policy recommendations for promoting EFA in Korea. Amid considerable challenges, including food security, many small-scale farms with increasingly aged farm population and growing competition, agri-environmental indicators (AEIs) and EFA certificate performance shed light on the fact that the trend of the state of the environment reversed, albeit with room to improve. Identifying positive contributions to EFA made by target-oriented long-term EFA plans and the direct payment scheme, this paper suggests to enrich the agricultural information systems, a system approach to agri-environmental resource management, and make a transition toward the low inputs farming systems.