Survey on Demand and Operation Status of Care Farms in South Korea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22350729 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A-Young Lee (0000-0001-5719-5548, Konkuk University), Yun Ah Oh (Horticultural Research Institute), Seon-Ok Kim (0000-0003-3563-492X, Horticultural Research Institute), Dae Sik Kim (0000-0001-5802-3916, Chungnam National University), Dae-Sik Kim, Sin-Ae Park (0000-0003-1367-8825, Konkuk University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-13 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-28 |
| 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.2018.21.1.001 |
| OpenAlex | W2898304180 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
This study was conducted to investigate needs and operational status for care farming of education or experience farms in South Korea. A questionnaire made up of 38 questions was developed for this study. The survey was conducted online among owners in education and experience farms (total 264 sites) in Seoul and nine provinces in September 2017. A total of 78 questionnaires were collected and the response rate was 44.6%. As the results, the purposes of farm operation reported as experience (85.9%), education (79.5%), production of agricultural products (67.9%), and healing (47.4%). Main visitors in education and experience farm were children and adolescents (89.7%), adults (51.3%), and families (46.2%). A farm activity program was mainly provided by a one-time experience using crops (69.2%), animals (16.7%), and food processing activity (10.3%). Fifty percent of the responding farmers received support from the government and the local government such as public relations (32.5%), operational funding (32.5%), and management consulting (15.0%). The lack factor of operating in farms was lower profit system (24.4%), poor farm infrastructure (21.8%), and lack of promotion and marketing ways (16.7%). 97.5% of the respondents reported 'very necessary' and 'necessary' of care farming. Specifically, the care farming service reported that priority should be given to children and adolescents (55.1%) and people with emotional and behavior disorder (15.4%). The present study is anticipated to offer the efficient management of care farm and provides reference data of the policy suggestion for care farming setting in South Korea
Agricultural science · Agriculture · Business · Economics · Geography · Political science · Questionnaire · Socioeconomics · Diverse Topics in Contemporary Research · Korean Urban and Social Studies · Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior · Marketing
| Citations per year | 0.43 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |