한국 농업의 포스트 교토체제 대응 방안

Countermeasures for post-Kyoto Regime in Korean Agricultural Sector

The comprehensive consideration of the internal and external changes in conditions pertaining to the post-2012 Kyoto Protocol scheme indicates that Korea is highly likely to be mandated to reduce greenhouse gas emission from the second commitment period (2013~2017). The new emission cut mandate under the post-Kyoto Protocol to Korea could serve as a good opportunity depending on how we are reacting. This paper is to analyze the impact of the post-Kyoto implementation on the agricultural sector and to suggest countermeasures for the regime. The analytical results showed that the technologies of GHGs reduction in an agricultural sector have the potential to achieve substantial amount of emission cut. The core technologies of emission reduction are related to the methane reduction through intermittent irrigation, reduction of nitrogen dioxide in nitrogen fertilization, the use of organic carbon in soil, the cultivation of bio-energy crops, in-premise fermentation in livestock sector, and improvement of livestock manure treatment facilities, and they are found to have the potential to make considerable contribution to greenhouse gas emission reduction.