This is a summary of a comparative study of the national policies to foster the agri-food industry implemented by the leading countries of the industry before and after the COVID-19-induced global economic crisis. By comparing the policies of each country, we discovered that key leading countries of the agri-food industry had given up or suspended one-on-one, face-to-face support programs that they had maintained for years, and have started providing financial assistance to companies or self-employed people in relative industries. Korea should implement such decisive policies for the Korean agri-food industry to tackle this unprecedented economic shrink and maintain the competitiveness of the industry. Considering the scale and speed of the spreading of the pandemic, the new policies should be implemented swiftly and boldly.

사람이 섭취하는 식품 내의 항생제, 알레르기 유발 물질, 병원균 및 기타 오염물질의 수준을 모니터링하기 위해서는, 빠르고 정확하며 저렴한 비용으로 테스트 해야 한다. 이러한 문제 중 일부를 해결하기 위해 지난 10-15년 동안 진보된 기술(label-free biosensor assays)이 개발되어 왔다. 이 면역감지키트들은 실시간 측정이 가능하고, 높은 수준의 자동화를 제공하며, 향상된 처리율과 민감도를 가지고 있다. 또한, 기존의 방법과 비교하여 가격이 저렴하고, 덜 복잡하며, 분석 시간을 단축시켜주는 사용자 친화 적 키트이다. 이 리뷰에서는 면역감지키트의 장단점, 그리고 미래의 식품안전검사에서의 사용성에 관한 것에 대해 논의해 볼 것이다.

식음료분야 전문의 글로벌 시장조사 기업인 Innova Market Insights (이노바 마켓 인사이트, 네덜란드 푸드밸리)는 글로벌 식품산업에서의 로봇 산업에 대한 인사이트를 소개한다. 4차 산업혁명의 키워드 중의 하나인 “인공지능과 지능형 로봇”은 전세계적으로 모든 산업에 영향을 미치고 있다. 식품산업도 예외는 아니며, 가정에서의 서비스 로봇의 개발도 이미 상업화 단계에 이르고 있다. 글로벌 식품산업과 소비자의 변화를 이끌고 있는 4차 산업혁명을 준비해야 하는 시점에서, 대표적인 사례들을 통해 인공지능과 식품 서비스 로봇의 개발 현황을 살펴본다. 1. Attraction for food & drink manufacturers in robotics 2. Ready to do cognitive cooking? Chef Watson 3. Robo Chef ? Moley Robotics robo chef 4. Bionic Bartender ? MakrShakr 5. AI advise Master brewer ? Intelligent X 6. Machine Learning Understand Consumer Preferences ? Graze 7. Opportunities in Service Robot Innova Market Insights (이노바 마켓 인사이트): 네덜란드의 FoodValley에 본사를 둔 Innova Market Insights b.v.(이노바 마켓 인사이트)는 글로벌 식품산업에 Innovadatabase(이노바 데이터베이스)를 제공하고 있다. 전세계에서 유일하고, 가장 앞선 식음료 관련분야의 전문적인 데이터베이스 플랫폼으로서, “새로운 기술”과 “신제품 정보”, “마케팅관점의 트렌드 보고서”, “혁신적인 패키지” 등을 하나의 플랫폼으로 제공하고 있다. 해외의 혁신적인 브랜드와 패키지, 새로운 제품들을 가장 먼저 만날 수 있다. 이미 국내외 많은 기업들이 Innovadatabase를 이용하고 있으며, 새로운 아이디어와 트렌드로 시장을 개척하고 있다.

World is now shifting from the industrial and information society to the 4th Industrial Revolution in its structure, and new products and services appear in various sectors. The 4th Industrial Revolution changes the entire daily lives in more convenient, safer, and more effective forms. There will be many changes in food industries with combination between intelligent information technologies such as IoT, big data, AI and new technologies such as 3D printing, robotics, and nano-technology, developing more intelligent ones. Intelligent IoT is one of four main basic industries for sustainable growth with future driving force in Korea. Since 2010, food smart distribution researches combining food technologies and ICT have been conducted in Korea, and core original technologies including quality management sensor, intelligent food distribution environment control system, smart warehouse, real-time quality monitoring, etc. Food smart distribution technology is a system converging ICT including sensor tag, sensor network, and LBS and food technologies for safe management of history, quality, and distribution, and it will be applied to food distribution industries, developing the domestic food distribution industries to the world-class level. Recently, IoT has been increasingly introduced into food industries, and development of new convergence technologies and adjustment to technological changes are required, and it is necessary to establish strategies for how to introduce food system based on IoT. As a result of the analysis of frequency of keywords o technological trends by applying text-mining technologies into tremendous amount of unstructured data created by newly convergence technologies between food and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, there are eight main keywords including IoT, smart sensor, artificial intelligence(AI), multi-tasking, automatic cognition/discernment, quality management, simplification of distribution, an customer-friendly. It is necessary to make national strategies for R&D. In case of Korea, ICT is the world class, and if it is applied to food industries, it will be available to develop new world-class business models.

한국산업식품공학 창립 20주년을 기하여 한국식품산업의 과거와 현재를 바탕으로 미래의 발전방향을 모색해 보았 다. 한국식품산업의 역사는 해방 전후로 구분하여 주요 식품산업체, 생산품목을 다루었다. 식품산업의 규모와 수출입, 기술환경의 변화, 소비 및 유통구조의 변화를 살펴보았다. 한국 식품공학의 교육환경과 학술단체, 연구기관 등의 변천 과 한국산업식품공학회 창립 배경과 국내외 활동상황을 정리하였다. 미래 한국식품산업과 식품공학의 별전을 위한 전 략으로 세계기술변천방향과 한국의 우위산업과 소비자의 구조에 적합한 기술발전 전망을 피력하였다. 초창기 한국식 품공학자의 일원으로 수행한 저자의 교육과 연구경험을 소개하였다. 당 평균 구성원 감소, 노령화 사회, 최근에 캠핑문화 확산으로 HMR면시장이 커져갈 것이다.

The purpose of this study is to prove that new values for the agricultural food area can be created by combining various big data collected in the agricultural food area and analyzing them in an appropriate analysis method. For this, the analysis techniques generally used were studied, and the use of the big data in the various areas of the current society was explored through practical application instances. In addition, by the current status and analysis instances of the big data use in the agricultural food area, this study was conducted to verify how the new values found were being used.

Research and technology has been transforming the agriculture to agribusiness which encompasses all operations with all the connections from faming per se, to manufacture & distribution of production supplies and farm commodities. Further, with the revolutionary development of information technology in the last two decades, we cannot talk about agribusiness process alone without considering the information technology embedded in the artifact, process, and structure. Despite the emergence of precision agriculture (PA) which is supported by IT based innovations which can not only improve efficiency in farming operations but also contribute to environmental sustainability, the adoption of IT among farmers and in agriculture industry are rather low than expected. Thus, Korean government has been seeking to converge IT into food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries to improve the competency of the agribusiness, and much progress has been made. This paper investigated the status quo of the current IT convergence with Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Korea, and further proposed future policy directions.

The Asian food market has been growing recently, due to the role played by major Asian countries, which include Korea, China, and Japan. This study is purposed to investigate the potential of the food market in these Northeast Asian countries and to suggest future direction for global food companies. For in-depth analysis, this study is limited in scope to the confectionery market and analyzes that market within two frameworks: first, the ‘Market Attractiveness Matrix’ which transforms the ‘BCG Matrix’ to fit into the food market in order to analyze the flow in the Asian confectionery market; and second, analysis of the potential growth of the market using a Category Development Index (CDI), which aids in understanding the growth potential of a market. The European food market has recently reached its capacity and is now experiencing a low growth rate (Data Monitor, 2011). It is time for food companies to find a new ‘blue ocean’ to avoid fierce competition in the mature markets of Europe. Therefore, this analysis of the confectionery market, using the Market Attractiveness Matrix and CDI will suggest opportune directions for global food companies.

The main goal of this study is to show promising future food market of Northeast Asia countries, including China, Japan, and South Korea. Drinks market, including soft and alcoholic drinks is selected to show global food companies new opportunities for next strategic movements. Market Attractiveness Matrix is developed based on BCG matrix as a main framework for this study. CDI (Category Development Index) is also used. It is found that Asia-pacific has fast-growing markets and it has strong potential for future investment. Northeast Asia countries (China, Japan, and South Korea) turned out to be ones of the most attractive regional markets. However, European drinks market is saturated even though its size is still big. This study suggests that Northeast Asian market be considered a market for the next strategic movement and investment.

Nanotechnology represents a new frontier in science and technology with long term goals and benefits. Nowadays, nanotechnology is producing many revolutions and applications such as quantum computing, surface and materials modification, novel separation and sensing technologies, and human biomedical replacements. These new techniques are being introduced in food and bio filed. In this review, the status and trends related to nanocomposites, nanoparticles, nanotubes, delivery vehicles and biosafety were reviewed. The situation of funding of nanotechnology research in USA, Japan and Korea is also summarized.