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A Plan to Increase a Population of Young-cheon Municipality by Attracting Turnaround Farmers
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AuthorPark, Sihyun
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Publication Date2011.02.01
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A population of Young-cheon is continuously decreasing. Given that there is no social variation under the current population structure, KREI-REMO predicts that the population would be less than one hundred thousand in 2012. Therefore, the most important goal of regional development policy of Young-cheon is an increase of population.
On the other side, a baby-boomer who looks a retirement ahead gets more interests in a turnaround to rural areas than before. Recently, young people who suffers from unemployment in urban areas is interested in an exodus to rural areas. Based on this social trend, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries prepares for systematic programs supporting for the turnaround movement.
Young-cheon has many advantages in an agriculture compared to the other areas in the nation. Its well-maintained agricultural infrastructures and its great number of sunny days leads the city to be the perfect place for the growth of fruits. Above all, Young-cheon is famous as the top producing place of grapes.
A major question of this study is how to increase population of Young-cheon by attracting the turnaround people who wants to live their life as farmers. To find the answer about the question, we conducted a survey of demand for the turnaround to Young-cheon, investigated governmental policies aimed to support the turnaround people, and searched for advanced cases to promote the turnaround.
As a result, we suggest type-wise programs such as a small farm-complex in which a beginner in an agriculture can learn how to cultivate. Particularly, we developed an idea how to compose a farm-complex for grapes, which is the main profit-crop of Young-cheon, in order to attract people from urban areas.
Researchers: Si-hyun Park, Ji-hyeon Choi, Jun-pyo Hong, Young-dan Kim, Kyung-eun Choi
Research Period: 2010.3~2011.2
E-mail: shpark@krei.re.kr
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