韩国农业在世界农业史上的意义与展望

数年前，由于大众趋于照搬西方农业的发展模式，忽视了传统和环境方面的因素，韩国的农业因而陷入了困境。随着2004年稻米市场的开放，这个国家的农业危机将更加严重。韩国农业拥有长达七千多年的历史，它不仅影响了这个国家的经济发展和社会变迁，而且也影响着人民的物质生活和文化生活。韩国传统农业为人们提供了食物、健康和与环境友好相处的生活方式。农业的全球化虽然意义重大，但是各地区的自然条件和发展阶段的差异性不容忽视，韩国传统的与环境友好相处的农业发展道路理应得到充分的尊重、保留和延续；否则，人民的健康和国家的繁荣将受到威胁。

The Significance of Korean Agriculture,Its Value and Prospect

Korean agriculture which has a history of over 7000 years has greatly influenced not only on its economic development and social change, but on the people's lives and culture. Korea's traditional agriculture has provided its population with food, health and an environment-friendly way of living. some years ago with the popular trending to copy the western way of farming and ignoring the traditional and environmental attributes,the nation's agriculture experienced a hard time.and the crisis in the nation's agricultural industry will become worse with the opening of its rice market in 2004.The globalization of agriculture is a significant development, but consideration must be also given to the biodiversity in individual regions. In conclusion, it is crucial that the future of Korean agriculture should not be decided only by political and commercial considerations, lest we should endanger the health and prosperity of our nation.