The Change of Agricultural Policy's Effect and the Importance of Developing Environment-friendly Agriculture - A Case in Republic of Korea

Based on an analysis on the change of agricultural policy's effect in the period of 1963-2002 in Republic of Korea, this article proves that traditional way of agriculture-supporting, such as building up the agricultural infrastructure, mechanizing agriculture, will lose its remarkable effect as time goes by. Furthermore, people in this age pay more attention to safety, health and environmental friendliness of the agricultural produce they consume than the quantity of those they can consume. There is a huge potential market for the environment-friendly agricultural productions. So, when governments set policies on agriculture, they should think more about changing the model and contents of agriculture-support policies to help to develop environment-friendly agriculture. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of RIUDS