동부경남지역 시설원예 도입농가와 비도입농가의 특성 및 비교분석 = Comparative Analysis of Characteristics and Attitudes Between Greenhouse-Horticulture and Non-Greenhouse-Horticulture Farms in the Eastern Kyungnam Region

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

To investigate the differences of characteristics and attitudes between greenhouse-horticulture farms and non-greenhouse-horticulture farms, 276 farm households were randomly selected from the 10 farm villages with active greenhouse-horticulture farming, located in the eastern region of Kyungnam Province. Of them, 204 farms were doing greenhouse farming and 72 farms were not. Significant differences were found between greenhouse farms and the others. The operators of the greenhouse farms had relatively low average age and farm experience. But they had relatively high education. The ratio of woman and off-farm employment in the composition of operators wee higher in non-greenhouse farms. The greenhouse farms had more household members, larger farm size, more farm machinery and less livestock. Most of the differences of farm characteristics represent the labour condition of the farm. Not many non-greenhouse farms intend to begin greenhouse farming mainly because of labour and investment capital shortage. Very few greenhouse farms seem to enlarge their enhouse size in the near future. Non-greenhouse farms were relatively more optimistic bout the future of greenhouse-horticulture agriculture. The main reasons for greenhouse farms' pessimistic prospect were over-production and import liberalization of greenhouse-farming products.