농산업교육패널조사를 활용한 농업인의 농가경영 특성과 농업교육 참여 및 성과 변화 분석

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze characteristics of farmers' management, participation and outcome in agriculture education using survey data of agricultural industry education panel. The subjects of the analysis were 1,550 farmers who responded to the agricultural industry education panel survey in the 1st ~ 5th year. The main conclusions of the study are as follows: First, the size of the farm is gradually decreasing, and about half of the farmers employed external labor. Especially, due to the aging population, there are problems in securing manpower for farming activities and lack of labor. Second, The farm mostly obtained its income is through farming, but the proportion of non-farming related income is gradually increasing. The perception of the improvement of living conditions of farm is lower than usual, and it is gradually changing to negative perception. Third, by farmers, there is a slight difference in cost and time to invest in professional development, and on average, it is gradually decreasing. Fourth, the outcome of agricultural education for farmers is increasing. Farmers are generally satisfied with the agricultural education they have participated in, and the learning outcomes of agricultural education are somewhat higher. Changes in farming activities or agricultural productivity due to agricultural education are generally moderate.