In 1992, HyoGo County in Japan itself established a guideline for the environment󰠏 friendly agriculture and have been propelling the environment󰠏friendly agriculture as a major agricultural policy together with organic farming. This study focuses on the evaluation of the “organic farms’ villages” projected by the County among other projects. The results indicate that the project results in several benefits such as decrease in chemical input use and environmental pollution, and enhancement in farmers’ concerns on safety and environment. On the contrary, it shows that no economic benefits are anticipated in the short run with the organic farming. Therefore, it is necessary to consider economic incentives for farmers who adopt the organic practices to sustain farmers’ income.

A new pink gerbera (Gerbera hybrida Hort.) cultivar ‘Pink Dream’ was developed from a cross ‘Ventury’ and ‘Ansofie’ followed by seedling and line selections at the Floricultural Experiment Station, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services (A

A new white gerbera (Gerbera hybrida Hort.) cultivar ‘White Day’ was developed from a cross ‘Ansofie’ and ‘Nevada’ followed by seedling and line selections at the Floricultural Experiment Station, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services (AR

A new yellow gerbera (Gerbera hybrida Hort.) cultivar 'Saebom' was developed from a cross ‘Princessa’ and ‘Nevada’ followed by seedling and line selections at the Floricultural Experiment Station, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services (AR

A new red gerbera (Gerbera hybrida Hort.) cultivar ‘Love Song’ was developed from a cross ‘Ansofie’ and ‘Sunset’ followed by seedling and line selections at the Floricultural Experiment Station, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services (ARES

A new reddish yellow gerbera (Gerbera hybrida Hort.) cultivar ‘Songsongee’ was developed from a cross ‘Princessa’ and ‘Beauty’ followed by seedling and line selections at the Floricultural Experiment Station, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension