2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Transformation of Rural Communities and Countermeasures by Farmers at the 'Turning Point' in Japanese Agriculture
| Project/Area Number |
11610192
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
社会学(含社会福祉関係)
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| Research Institution | Iwate Prefectural University |
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Principal Investigator |
HOSOYA Takashi Iwate Prefectural University, Faculty of Policy Studies, Professor, 総合政策学部, 教授 (10005754)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMADA Kana Faculty of Policy Studies, Iwate Prefectural University Research Associate, 総合政策学部, 助手 (90305334)
LIU Wenjing Faculty of Policy Studies, Iwate Prefectural University Assistant Professor, 総合政策学部, 講師 (80325927)
SATO Toshiaki Faculty of Policy Studies, Iwate Prefectural University Associate Professor, 総合政策学部, 助教授 (10215816)
TOKUGAWA Naohito Tohoku University, Theory of Social Structure and Change, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Associate Professor, 大学院・情報科学研究科, 助教授 (10227572)
KOBAYASI Kazuho Tohoku University, Theory of Social Structure and Change, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Associate Professor, 大学院・情報科学研究科, 助教授 (20150253)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2000
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| Keywords | Rice Cropping at the 'Turning Point' / Transformation of Rural Community / Countermeasures by Farmers at the 'Turning Point' |
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| Research Abstract |
Now is the 'turning point' of the agricultural situation, especially of the rice crop, in Japan. Our research purpose is to make clear the circumstances of transformation of Japanese rural communities and of countermeasures by farmers. For it, we selected some rice cropping areas that are typical in Japan.
1. We had some researches in the Shonai Area in Yamagata Prefecture, on the leaders of agricultural associations of each hamlet. In these researches, we investigated the present conditions of farm management and their intentions about it, in comparison with the previous researches of ours. As a result, it became clear that the basic trend was to apply a part of family manpower to non-agricultural works, with keeping up their rice cropping by the voluntary collaboration in small-scale, or searching the way of cash earnings plus something, with production of some crops excepting rice.
2. It is said that the rice stock in Japan is 'surplus', but in Okinawa Prefecture, the self-sufficiency rate in the rice supply is low. The reason why we selected the Ishigaki island in Okinawa, is that Ishigaki is a valuable rice cropping area in Okinawa. According to our research, we could find the people's intention to bring in more profitable variety of rice, such as 'Hitomebore'.
3. One of the important issues about Japanese agriculture nowadays, is the choice between large-scale farm management or small-scale family farming. To seek the logic of Japanese family farming, we had the interview research on the dairy farmers in Hokkaido, who have chosen the way of dairying with family manpower. For, although there have been many dairy households on a large-scale in Hokkaido, the merits of family dairying come to be reevaluated these days.
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Research Products
(4 results)
