南韓透過國家主導產業發展政策，帶動整體經濟快速成長，已成為發展型國家的典型例證，政府先後制定一系列的法律規範來推動農村發展與農業產出，其農業發展亦深受政府政策影響。本文嘗試從永續農業發展概念與發展型國家的理論脈絡出發，來觀察南韓農民如何面對與處理，長期以來被社會主流議題排擠與社會習慣性漠視的困境。南韓民主化與隨之而來的經濟全球化，農民與農民團體的自主性雖大幅提升，但在趕超思維影響下仍受到政府力量之制約，在追求永續農業與爭取糧食主權過程中仍面臨阻礙。
South Korea boosted productivity and economic growth by stateled macroeconomic planning, and has become a model of the developmental state. Korean industrial policy not only concentrated on heavy and chemical industries but also on agriculture. The government formulated a series of laws to promote agricultural production and rural development. This article examines the long-term imbalance of the interactive relationship between the government and farmers in South Korea. Since democratization and economic globalization, although the autonomy of farmers and their organizations has risen, they still face obstacles in their pursuit of sustainable agriculture and food sovereignty.
