Research Reports
Efficient Operation of Agricultural Machinery through a Management System
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AuthorPark, Kihwan
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Publication Date2011.07.01
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Even though Korean agriculture is experiencing many difficulties arising from labor shortage due to the aging of farmers, the industry is coping with the problem through mechanization of agriculture. However, safety accidents occur continuously and there isn't even a precise data on how many units of farm equipment and machinery are owned by farmers. As a result, there have been continued talks about the need to lay down a foundation to modernize the agricultural machinery industry.
In response to such a need, the Rural Development Administration (RDA) prepared and released a plan to adopt an agricultural machinery management system. However, even though it is a necessary policy, there has not been an in-depth review of the effects and problems of introducing an agricultural machinery management system. Therefore, this study is conducted to present a more efficient management system by comparing the merits and demerits of introducing the system before it is introduced.
The agricultural machinery registration system proposed by RDA makes it possible to verify the ownership of agricultural machinery when the farmer exercises their property rights and when the farmer suffers an economic loss. Also, it can promote efficient implementation of a policy by building precise data about agricultural machinery and reduce the cost of providing the 'tax-free oil' to farmers. However, it is projected that the burden of paying the acquisition and registration tax will be very high.
Introducing a driver license system for the use of farm vehicles is expected to reduce accidents, but it is feared that farming will run into problems and the resulting loss will be enormous when it becomes impossible to obtain the license. Moreover, the possibility that a farmer will be degraded into a law breaker becomes high if an accident occurs while they drive a farm vehicle without a driver's license.
Compulsory insurance of farm vehicles has the benefit of protecting a farmer from the economic breakdown resulting from an unforeseen accident. However, the burden on the farmer is costly and there is also the problem that the government has to secure the support fund every year.
Since the adoption of a farm machinery management system has many problems in addition to benefits, it is necessary to meet the following conditions to achieve the goal of building an advanced farm machinery management system: first, provision of enough time to inform farmers of the system improvement; second, efforts by interested parties to reach an agreement so that they can share an understanding; third, a close review of related laws and regulations (both domestic and foreign); and fourth, guarantee of continued government support and budget.
Therefore, it is desirable to put off the idea of immediately introducing an agricultural machinery management system. Moreover, rational judgment by the authorities is needed to implement the system gradually in a more realistic way after the above conditions are met.
Researchers: Ki-Hwan Park, Eun-Mi Jeong, and Hoe-Min, Kwon
Research period: 2011. 4. -2011. 7.
E-mail address: kihwan@krei.re.kr
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