KOREAN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR SIMULATION AND KOREAN AGRICULTURAL PLANNING PROJECT; REVIEW TEAM REPORT

A JOINT AM-KOREA TEAM INTERVIEWED USERS & CONSULTED AID & OTHER LITERATURE. MSU CONCENTRATED ON WORK-MODEL OUTPUTS BUT OTHER BENEFITS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED ARE IMPROVED ADMINISTRATION COLLECTING & AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS REPORT TECHS;NEGOTIATED AID LOANS FOR IRRIGATION PROJS;AND A KOREAN AGRICULTURAL PLANNING PROJECT (KAPP) GRANT TO MAF;AND IMPROVED ADMINISTRATIVE & PROFESSIONAL CAPACITIES OF THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF AGR ECONOMICS. PROJ'S AGR SECTOR APPROACH WAS DEVEL USING THE KOREAN AGR SECTOR SIMULATION STUDY (KASS) AND THE KAPP. KASS DEVELS PROTOTYPE SIMULATION ACCOUNTING MODELS BY IMPROVING AND EXPANDING COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM SIMULATION MODELS. KAPP HELPS POLICY MAKERS FORMULATE ANALYTICAL RESULTS. KASS HAS ESTABLISHED THE KOREAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (MAF) AND THE KOREAN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR MODEL (KASM). MAF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DATA COLLECTION. KASS IS THE MAJOR ANALYTICAL & INTEGRATING DEVICE. KASM UTILIZATION BY MAF HAS SOLVED CONSUMER AND PRODUCER PRICE PROBLEMS,LAND ALLOCATION DECISION,YIELD AND INPUT RATES.LINKAGES BETWEEN AGRICULTURAL AND NON-AGRICULTURAL SECTORS,AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SUBMODELS. KASM HAS PRODUCED SECTOR DEVEL STRATEGIES,DEVEL MAF'S 4TH 5-YR AGR PLAN,PROVIDED MODELS FOR THE COUNTRY POSITION PAPERS,AND PRODUCED POP/N & FOOD CONSUMPTION MODELS. KASM'S SUCESS HAS REAFFIRMED THAT INSTITUTIONALIZATION & MODEL DEVEL & USE ARE COMPATABLE. TEAM RECOMMENDS THE KASM MODEL BE ENHANCED BY ASSIGNING SPECIALISTS TO WORK ON DIFFERENT SUBMODELS; CONDUCTING REGULAR SEMINARS; AUGMENTING MODEL UTILIZATION CAPABILITIES; CONDUCTING MICRO ECONOMICS BEHAVIOR STUDIES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS; PROVIDING SUFFICIENT STAFF; AND COMPLETING AGR INVESTMT PROGRAMS. TEAM FEELS KAPP & KASS HAVE FUNCTIONED WELL TOGETHER & HAVE PROVIDED A SYNTHESIS OF QUANTITATIVE & QUALITATIVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT STRUCTURE & OPERATN OF AGR SECTORS. ALTHOUGH FIRST PART OF PROJ CONCENTRATED ON THEORY, WISE UTILIZATIONS WERE IN USE BY MID 1975.