The purpose of this study was to expand and systemize statistical indexes to find the state of Korean agriculture in the world. Although there were many studies or documents on international agricultural statistics, most of them focused on agricultural production data and simply presented them.
In order to systemize international agricultural statistics, we classified them into 5 categories which are aggregate index, production index, trade index, and consumption and price index. Each group has detailed indexes. Several indexes like government support and expenditure for agriculture were introduced to meet new statistical demand. In particular, agricultural trade data were basically summarized using FAO(Food and Agriculture Organization) database and Korean agricultural imports and exports were classified by major counter parts using Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corporation(aT) database. It helps to find the state of Korea in world market and the route of its imports and exports.
This study was divided into five chapters. Chapter 1, as an introduction part, gave the problem statement, objectives and the scope of this study. In chapter 2, the classification and definitions of agricultural statistic indexes were explained. Chapter 3 covered the summary of each index and its long term change(10years). In this chapter, each classified index was visualized using a graph and compared Korea with world and top three countries. Chapter 4 gave detailed agricultural statistical indexes classified in chapter 2. Finally, the sources and contents of international agricultural statistic database were presented for users requiring time-series data and other indexes.
Researchers: Yean Jung Kim, Oh Bok Kwon, Jun Ho Seung, Seong Hwan Song
Research period: 2008. 5. - 2008. 9.
E-mail address: yjkim@krei.re.kr