A Study on the Role of Social Networks in Rural Communities and Agricultural Investment

• Project/Area Number: 25892009
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Agricultural science in management and economy
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: NISHIHARA Yukinaga 東京大学, 農学生命科学研究科, 研究員 (20714893)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: ネットワーク分析 / 土地改良事業 / 合意形成 / 社会ネットワーク分析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We visualized the relationship between the farmers and the land owners as a network. We also research the field survey data.
There are inadequacy of theoretical framework, and we couldn't analyze this data with the spatial econometric method. The achievements is insufficient in the period.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Geo-Agricultural Database as a Platform for Mechanism Design (2013)
  • Author(s): T. Sato, Asako Imai, T. Murakamia, Y. Nishihara, R. Kikushima, S. Nakajima, T. Takahashi & Y. Nakashima
  • Journal Title: Journal of Agricultural & Food Information Volume: 14 Issue: 4 Pages: 334-347
  • DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2013.825567
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 「農村構造の変化と地域活性化の可能性‐大規模土地改良事業後の社会ネットワーク構造の変化に着目して‐」 (2013)
  • Author(s): 西原是良
  • Journal Title: 生源寺眞一研究代表『農村コミュニティの変貌と資源管理・協同組織』一般財団法人 第一生命財団 調査研究報告書 Volume: なし Pages: 5-32
• [Presentation] 農業用水の多面的機能に対するサービス科学的考察-潜在的需要の把握- (2015)
  • Author(s): 西原是良・中嶋康博
  • Organizer: 日本農業経済学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京農工大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-29
• [Presentation] 農地流動化の進展に伴う農家間関係の変化と水路情報の共有 (2015)
  • Author(s): 西原是良
  • Organizer: 農業農村工学会農業農村整備政策研究部会 第２回研究集会
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波大学東京キャンパス文京校舎
  • Year and Date: 2015-01-26