Strategy on Adapting Crop Production to Climate Change: Implications to Multi-functionality of Paddy Farming

Strategy on Adapting Crop Production to Climate Change: Implications to Multi-functionality of Paddy Farming

Traditionally, the paddy fields in Korea, besides rice production, have multifunction such as water supplement source to ground water and prevention of floods via securing the rainfall during a monsoon season. Therefore, the development of food production technology to be adapted in the future climate change in Korea has to take into account the integration of the multi-function of paddy fields with IT, BT, and NT. This demands forward movements in agriculture paradigm as followings. First of all, a national strategy is necessary to maintain and conserve the agricultural farmlands. Second of all, the agricultural structure needs to be shift to low carbon dioxide green agriculture taking into accounts the energy balance. Third of all, our attitude needs to be changed toward maximizing the multifunction of the paddy farming.

Traditionally, the paddy fields in Korea, besides rice production, have multifunction such as water supplement source to ground water and prevention of floods via securing the rainfall during a monsoon season. Therefore, the development of food production technology to be adapted in the future climate change in Korea has to take into account the integration of the multi-function of paddy fields with IT, BT, and NT. This demands forward movements in agriculture paradigm as followings. First of all, a national strategy is necessary to maintain and conserve the agricultural farmlands. Second of all, the agricultural structure needs to be shift to low carbon dioxide green agriculture taking into accounts the energy balance. Third of all, our attitude needs to be changed toward maximizing the multifunction of the paddy farming.