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A way to promote insect industry in Gyeongsangbuk-do
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AuthorPark, Hyuntae
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Publication Date2011.10.30
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The purpose of this study is to make a master plan to secure leading position in domestic insect industry by making good use of insect resources Gyeongsangbuk-do has. This study covers insects centering around pollinating insects, insects used as natural enemy, insects for study, insects as a pet, edible insects, insects for medicinal purposes, insects used as feed, insects for festival, insects for events and insects for environmental cleanup. This study also covers bee farming and silkworm farming. Program period was considered 10 years (2011 ~ 2020). Farms cultivating insects, farms using insects, school parents, insect industry experts were examined for this study.
Gyeongsangbuk-do not only has natural environment and tourist attractions appropriate for growth and development of insects but it has a strong will to promote insect industry. Gyeongsangbuk-do secures a leading position has competitiveness in insects used as natural enemy and pollinating insects. In addition, Gyeongsangbuk-do has favorable condition to build insect related network such as institutes, colleges and research agencies. Meanwhile, Gyeongsangbuk-do does not have sufficient infrastructure that is required to promote insect industry and lags behind other provinces in market share and production scale of insect industry and has weaker brand image as hub of insect industry.
This study set a vision of Gyeongsangbuk-do's insect industry to "performance of hub function of domestic insect industry" so that Gyeongsangbuk-do can play a role as hub in insect related industrialization, distribution, R&D, education, experience and event. This study set Gyeongsangbuk-do's goal of promoting insect industry to "boosting Gyeongsangbuk-do's economy by making the most of insect resources in Gyeongsangbuk-do". Five strategies to realize the vision and achieve the goal were presented as follows. ① Building infrastructure to raise insects, ② Making the most of insect resources in Gyeongsangbuk-do, ③ Expanding infrastructure to promote insect industry, ④ Making insect resources tourist attraction, ⑤ Strengthening cooperation with central government.
Ways in which Gyeongsangbuk-do promotes insect industry are presented as follows. First is about expanding infrastructure to promote insect industry which is related to expanding infrastructure to raise insects and strengthening the capability of existing insect industry special district. Second is about promoting insect industry and strengthening R&D which is related to building insect business support center (tentative name) and colleges. Third is about making insect resources tourist attraction. Ways to build insect experience village, establish publication and marketing system for insect tourism and develop experience learning program were proposed.
Organization of insect industry cluster in terms of promoters of insect business as strategies to promote insect industry were proposed. Insect industry cluster aims to perform a role as mecca of domestic insect industry connecting organizations that are related to insect industry such as insect business support center, insect related research institutes, ecological experience, insect farmers and insect firms. Building and operating insect industry cluster can not only make a contribution to supplementing and strengthening the role and function that are performed by local self governing bodies in Gyeongsangbuk-do but it also integrate goals of insect businesses into one vision and enhance Gyeongsangbuk-do's brand value in insect industry.
Researchers: Hyun-Tae Park, Myung-Hwan Sung, Yean-Jung Kim, and Woong-Yeon Lee
Research period: 2011. 3. - 2011. 10.
E-mail address: htpark@krei.re.kr
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