농가유형별 쌀 소득보전직불제의 소득효과 분석

(An Analysis of the Effects of Direct Rice Income Compensation Payment Program on Farm Income by Farm Typology)

This study analyzes how the direct rice income compensation payment program affects on farm income for various types of farm household with two different data sources, a farm household survey database and a database on agricultural business entities. We analyze farm income effects by reviewing farm income increase and stabilization, income equality, business stability, and economic safety net for farm households. The results show that the program contributed significantly to increasing and stabilizing farm income, income equality, and business stability. In particular, variable direct payments have a bigger effect on the groups of expert farmers and preliminary expert farmers, while fixed direct payments on senior and retired farmers. Without direct payments, 16~28% of ordinary farmers would face serious management risk and about 3% of senior and retired farmers could not cover the minimum cost of living or household consumption expenditure. Therefore, it is needed to maintain fixed direct payments for senior and ordinary farmers in order to support their farm management and income stabilization.