| Project/Area Number |
23K22187
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| Project/Area Number (Other) |
22H00916 (2022-2023)
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund (2024)
Single-year Grants (2022-2023) |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 08010:Sociology-related
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
Sunam Ramesh 早稲田大学, 高等研究所, その他(招聘研究員) (30852719)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
伊藤 毅 上智大学, 国際教養学部, 教授 (10646863)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-01 – 2026-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥17,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥8,060,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,860,000)
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| Keywords | Young people / Agriculture / Rural Asia / Food security / Migration / Food Security |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
Drawing on evidence generated from comparative field studies in rural Indonesia, Japan and Nepal, this research project examines why young people leave agriculture and rural areas amidst rising youth unemployment and declining rural agriculture. The project will produce nuanced theoretical understandings of young people’s sectoral, spatial, and temporal engagements in rural Asia. It will also provide highly useful policy insights of regional and global significance for addressing youth unemployment, poverty, and agricultural decline in rural areas.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Globally, young people are increasingly turning away from agriculture and rural futures. Who will be farmers in the future? Young people’s reluctance to engage in agriculture is associated with the critical problems of youth unemployment, agricultural decline, and poverty, particularly in Asia. Drawing on evidence generated from comparative field studies in rural Indonesia, Japan and Nepal, our project aims to offer nuanced understandings of the complex relationships between young people and agriculture in rural Asia.
Our research project made three key achievements last year among many others. First, we completed fieldwork in all countries, which involved questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews with rural youth and other stakeholders. This fieldwork has resulted in a rich database, providing a foundation for writing publications. Second, our project convened a panel on ‘Youth, Mobility, and Agrarian Change in Rural Asia: Insights from Indonesia, Japan, and Nepal’ at the annual conference of the Association for Asian Studies in Seattle (14-17 March 2024). We presented key findings of research on youth, agriculture and related issues based on fieldwork in Japan, Nepal, and Indonesia. Finally, in terms of publications, a manuscript on the youth-agriculture disconnect submitted to a reputed international journal is under review. We have also drafted papers, which will be published in an edited book or special journal issue.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The project is progressing smoothly as data collection has been completed. Data analysis and publications are in progress. A conference panel was successfully convened.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In this fiscal year, we will conduct a range of important research tasks. We will mainly focus on analysis, publications and conference participation.
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