｢곤충산업의 육성 및 지원에 관한 법률｣ 제6조에 따라 국립농업과학원에서는 2020년도에 곤충산업 종사자를 대상으로 실태조사를 실시하 였다. 곤충산업 종사자의 유형은 생산업이 가장 많았고(98.5%), 남성 비율이 높았으며(80.4%), 연령은 50대가 36.4%로 가장 많았다. 산업곤충 의 생산 유형은 식약용 곤충 66.5%, 사료용 12.8%, 애완용 20.7%였으며, 식약용 곤충 중 흰점박이꽃무지는 69.6%로 가장 많이 생산되고 있었 으며, 사료용으로는 귀뚜라미류가 31.2%, 애완(정서)용으로는 장수풍뎅이가 45.6%로 가장 많이 생산되고 있었다. 제품의 형태는 분말이 68.5% 로 가장 높았고, 생물로 판매되는 경우는 40.9%로 조사되었다. 연간 소득이 있는 곤충농가는 77.3%이고, 그 중에서 연간 판매금액이 2천만원 미 만인 경우가 65.4%를 차지하였다. 곤충산업 종사자들의 가장 큰 애로사항은 판로 확보로 조사되었다(84.0%). 이와 같이 곤충산업 종사자는 매 년 늘어나고 있지만 20대~40대 청년 곤충농가 대표는 줄어들고 있고, 생산은 특정 대표 곤충 종에 한정되어 있으며, 매우 영세하게 농가가 유지 되고 있음을 알 수 있다. 또한 곤충 농가에서는 판로확보에 가장 큰 어려움을 느끼고 있어 산업곤충 소비 촉진을 위한 이용 기술 개발이 시급하다 고 판단된다.

In accordance with Article 6 of the ｢Insect Industry Promotion and Support Act｣, the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences conducted a fact-finding investigation in the insect industry for related workers in 2020. Most commonly, insect industry workers were involved in production (98.5%), the male ratio was high (80.4%), while those in their 50s comprised 36.4% of the workers. As for the uses of industrial insects, 66.5% was for food and medicine, 12.7% for feed, and 20.7% as pets. The most commonly produced industrial insect species by use were the white-spotted flower chafer (69.6%), Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis (Kolbe), for food and medicine; crickets (31.2%) for feed; and the rhinoceros beetle (45.6%), Allomyrina dichotoma (Linnaeus), as pets. Powder was the most common product form at 68.5%, and live insects constituted 40.9%. Insect farms with an annual income accounted for 77.3%, of which 65.4% had annual sales of less than 20 million won. Market acquisition was rated by most insect industry workers (84.0%) as the primary challenge. In conclusion, although the number of people employed in the insect industry is increasing annually, the number of young insect farmers (20s to 40s) is decreasing. The production of industrial insects was limited to a few species, and more than half of insect farms have very low incomes. Furthermore, insect farms have the greatest difficulty in market acquisition, necessitating the development of utilization technology to promote the consumption of industrial insects.

ABSTRACT
초 록
재료 및 방법
    자료수집
    측정척도 및 분석방법
결과 및 고찰
    곤충산업 종사자의 실태
    주요 산업곤충의 용도별 생산·판매 현황
    곤충산업 종사자의 애로사항
    곤충산업 종사자의 만족도 및 산업곤충의 미래 전망
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