Recently, environmental-friendly agriculture (EFA) has been pointed out as
an alternative for the change of our agricultural conditions. But the excessive
amount of nutrients have been used to farmland since 1960s, when the intensive
farming method called “High-Input, High-Yield” was expanded in earnest.
This study was conducted to examine and compare farmers’ purchasing and
using fertilizer. For these purpose, data were gathered from a total of 326
farmers of the nation wide (greenhouse horticulture 60, upland cultivating 177,
fruit-growing 89).
The findings were as follows: First, 70.6% of greenhouse horticulture farmers,
89% of upland-cultivating farmers, 76.3% of fruit-growing farmers purchased fertilizer in Nong-hyup (farmers’ cooperative organization). Second, only 54.2%
of the greenhouse horticulture farmers, 60.2% of the upland cultivating farmers
and 70.4% of the fruit-growing farmers recognized the optimum level of fertilizer. So, governmental organizations and agricultural technology center
should carry out various programs for informing the farmers of the right way to
use fertilizer and to practice EFA.