한국농업전문학교 졸업생의 영농정착 실태 분석

Analysis on Farming Status of Korea National Agricultural College Graduates

The purpose of this study was to analyze the farming status of Korea National Agricultural College(KNAC) graduates. For the purpose, this study carried out survey of KNAC graduates and interviews with graduates and their neighborhood farmers. Survey and interview items consisted of graduates demographics and farming backgrounds; scale of farming infrastructures(land, facilities, and livestock); and farming products and their satisfaction about those. The analysis of the respondents indicated that two thirds of graduates were succession farmers and four fifth were farming with their parents; most of them were engaging more than one farming sectors besides their major; their basic competencies as farmer were regarded beyond average farmers; they were suffering some management problems of agricultural fund, national agricultural policy and product marketing; their scales of farming infrastructure and product sales were beyond average farmers and expanded continually; but the satisfaction about their farming were not high as contrast with their expectation. Based on these results, this study made some recommendations for KNAC advancement.