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Economic Value of Soil Biodiversity in Arable Land
Young Kyu Hong1
,
Jin Wook Kim1
,
Byung Keun Hyun2
,
Hyuck Soo Kim3
,
Jae E. Yang4
,
Sung Chul Kim5†
1Doctoral Candidate, Department of Bio-Environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
2Researcher, Division of Soil and Fertilizer, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wanju-Gun 55365, Korea
3Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
4Professor, Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
5Professor, Department of Bio-Environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
*sckim@cnu.ac.kr
28 February 2021. pp. 103-107
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Abstract

Biodiversity in agricultural field is an important factor in terms of enhancement of crop production and maintenance of agriculture sustainability. Main objective of this study was to estimate economic value of biodiversity in agricultural field. Two factors, reduction of fertilizer with legume crop cultivation and crop production with honeybee pollination, were evaluated based on national statistics. Result showed that economic value of legume crop cultivation and honeybee pollination was about 2,179 million won and 5.2 trillion won respectively. In particular, economic value of honeybee pollination was reduced 0.7 trillion won compared to 10 years ago. We could assume that global warming might contribute to the reduction of pollination insect including honeybee and consequently decrease of crop production.

Yield and annual income of crops in Korea (2019).
Keywords
Agricultural soil
Biodiversity
Economic value
Legume crop
Pollination
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  • Publisher :Korean Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국토양비료학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국토양비료학회 학회지
  • Volume : 54
  • No :1
  • Pages :103-107
  • Received Date : 2021-02-24
  • Accepted Date : 2021-02-25
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7745/KJSSF.2021.54.1.103
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