significant decrease in the rice cultivation area. Annual rice con-
sumption per capita has steadily decreased from 119.6 kg in
1990 to 74.0 kg in 2009 by the westernization of Korean's eating
habits (MIFFAFF 2009). Under the new WTO agreement,
mandatory import quota will increase annually from 225,575
tons in 2005 to 408,700 tons by 2014. Ten percent of quotas in
2005 were sold to the market, increasing to 30% in 2010 and to
be maintained at this level until 2014. Considering the declining