한국농수산대학 졸업생의 영농정착률 제고 방안

Abstract

The purpose of this study was two-fold: 1) to examine the causes of the deferred farming practice or the repayment of tuition waivers among the graduates from NCAF(the National College of Agriculture and Fisheries), and 2) to establish strategies for enhancing the sustained farming practice ratio of NCAF graduates. For this purpose, literature reviews on NCAF including its internal documents were analyzed to identify the current situation of NCAF graduates who deferred farming practice or paid back their tuition waivers after graduation. And for further analysis a survey instrument was developed based on the literature review, and the telephone interviews were conducted using the survey instrument. The responded survey results of 88 out of the total 242 graduates who deferred farming practice or paid back their tuition waivers were analyzed. The results showed that the major three causes of deferring farming practice and paying back tuition waivers were the lack of foundational resource, low farming households income, and conflicts with their parents. Also, the minor causes were in the following order: the lack of farming skills and experiences, difficulties in finding a spouse, giving up farming after marriage, and heavy workload in farming. Based on the analysis of the causes of deferring farming practice or paying back of tuition waivers among the NCAF graduates, subject matter experts and the research team established five strategies for enhancing the sustained farming practice ratio: 1) improvement of the freshmen selection system of NCAF, 2) improvement of the start-up support system for farming successors, 3) customization of the farm business start-up funds according to their specialties and major fields of farming, 4) improvement of the obligated farming practice system, and 5) role specification and enhanced liaison among NCAF, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and local governments in supporting NCAF graduates. The findings of this study can be used as foundational information for supporting NCAF graduates’ starting-up farm business and their farming practices.