Status and Actual Condition Analysis for Current Operational Cases of Care Farms in South Korea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22350515 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sun Jin Jeong (Rural Development Administration), Jan Hassink (0000-0001-9591-6473, Wageningen University & Research), Sunjin Jeong (0000-0001-6279-9733), Gyung Mee Gim (Rural Development Administration), Sin Ae Park (Konkuk University), Seon-Ok Kim (0000-0003-3563-492X, Konkuk University), Seon Ok Kim |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 421-429 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of People, Plants, and Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2508-7673 • E-ISSN: 2508-7681 |
| Publisher | Korean Society for People, Plants, and Environment (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.11628/ksppe.2017.20.5.421 |
| OpenAlex | W2791248249 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The objective of this study was to investigate the current situations of farms in South Korea which provide care farming activities in order to develop and settle care farms. A questionnaire that includes 60 questions about resources, clients, management, background of establishment, budget, manpower, organization, etc. was developed by the researchers. The survey was conducted by email and phone interview in the period of July to August, 2016. Five farms were participated in this study. As the results, each farm had a different size of land, about 744 -39,670 m 2 . The farms were classified by different types of farming activities such as cultivating horticultural crops or cultivating horticultural crops and raising animals. The background of farmers was health, special education, social welfare or professional farmer. The income sources were from care farming programs, educational program, and crop production. The participants in the care farm were children with or without disability, adolescents, adolescents with behavior problem, adults, adults with mental disability or developmental disability, mental illness, dementia, addict, etc. The major activities in care farms were plant cultivating, harvesting, garden maintenance, cooking by using harvest, crop processing, waling in the farm, caring for animals, dealing with farm work equipment, and farming activity with local residents, etc. The participation duration was 25% for one-day experience, less than two weeks in a week, and more than six months, respectively. To settle and develop care farming of South Korea, the concept, clients, operation, professional manpower, policy, support, etc. should be established
Agricultural science · Agriculture · Business · Geography · Phone · Political science · Welfare · Engineering · Medicine · Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability · Urban Green Space and Health
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |