Development of Japanese agribusiness and their contract farming systems in depopulated rural areas.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24720378
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Human geography
Research Institution	Kochi University
Principal Investigator	GOTO Takuya 高知大学, 教育研究部人文社会科学系, 准教授 (00452798)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords	アグリビジネス / 企業の農業参入 / 契約生産 / 地域的展開 / 農業地域 / 中国・四国地方 / 九州地方 / 日本 / 企業の社会的責任 / 植物工場 / 生鮮トマト農場 / 高知県三原村
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The purpose of my research is to examine the development mechanisms of Japanese agribusiness and their contract farming systems in depopulated rural areas. As a result of my field research, it is cleared that the local governments and the food processing firms have played very important roles in extension of firms' entries into agriculture in Japanese depopulated areas since the 2000s.

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