Economic Value of Soil Biodiversity in Arable Land

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Biodiversity in agricultural field is an important factor in terms of enhancement of crop production andmaintenance of agriculture sustainability. Main objective of this study was to estimate economic value ofbiodiversity in agricultural field. Two factors, reduction of fertilizer with legume crop cultivation and cropproduction with honeybee pollination, were evaluated based on national statistics. Result showed thateconomic value of legume crop cultivation and honeybee pollination was about 2,179 million won and 5.2trillion won respectively. In particular, economic value of honeybee pollination was reduced 0.7 trillion woncompared to 10 years ago. We could assume that global warming might contribute to the reduction ofpollination insect including honeybee and consequently decrease of crop production.

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