Organizational Issues in Group Farming in South Korea

摘要

The viability and potential of group farming in South Korea are described and assessed. Two types of group farming are analyzed: a farmer-initiated, village-wide cooperative work team for rice transplanting; and a government-sponsored joint rice farming program. Data comes from a 1977 case study of two villages in Pyongtek County, Kyonggi Province in northwestern South Korea. Discussed are the organization, rationale and operations for the cooperative work team (CWT) and joint rice farming activity. The two types of group farming are compared as they concern organizational issues which arise in cooperative agricultural operations. These issues are: source of initiative; level of interaction; participant mobilization; leadership and decision-making, compensation; and performance incentives.