여성농업인센터 아동대상 사업의 경제적 파급효과 분석

Economic Effect for Children-Oriented Activities of Woman-Farmer s Center

The purpose of this study was to calculate the economic effect of children-oriented activities of woman-farmer s center. From 2001, The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry runs women-farmers centers in which women-farmers can come to stay stably by counseling, the care of infants and children, after-school learning, and city-farm exchange. In other words, Woman-farmer s center provides not only improvement of ease and quality of life of women-farmers , but also spreading economic effect to community and country. Especially, in this study, the direct effects of nurturing infants and children, after-school learning among activities of woman-farmer s center were estimated. By calculation based on business plan of 18 centers that run centers in 2002, total economic income effects of children-oriented activities are 285 million won, which consists of 146 million won for the nurturing infants and children, 139 million won after-school learning, respectively. The woman-farmer s center should be managed reasonably with government support so that women-farmers center will become as a base camp for young women-farmers to participate in agriculture and rural community and increase its economic effect for the nation in the future.