2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Regional and temporal changes in agricultural systems of Japan with regard to farm successors
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16300291
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Geography
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
TABAYASHI Akira University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Professor, 大学院生命環境科学研究科, 教授 (70092525)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SAITO Isao University of Tsukuba, Professor emeritus, 大学院生命環境科学研究科, 名誉教授 (90006586)
KUREHA Masaaki University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor, 大学院生命環境科学研究科, 助教授 (50263918)
MATSUI Keisuke University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Assistant Professor, 大学院生命環境科学研究科, 講師 (60302353)
NIHEI Masaaki University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Assistant Professor, 大学院生命環境科学研究科, 講師 (60344868)
KIKUCHI Toshio Tokyo Metropolitan University, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Science, Associate Professor, 大学院都市環境科学研究科, 准教授 (50169827)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2006
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| Keywords | agriculture / Japan / full-time farmer / agricultural producers' co-operative / community farm / agricultural services establishment / rural community / multi-functions of agriculture |
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| Research Abstract |
At present it is necessary to consider the way to continue agricultural production and to find farm successors who maintain farming activities in the future in Japan. This study argues the sustainability of Japanese agriculture and its regional conditions by presenting studies based on a review of literature and on an analysis of statistics for the whole country and intensive case studies of villages in each district. The case studies are pursued on large-scale field crop farming in Hokkaido, on large-scale of rice farming in Tohoku, vegetable growing in Kanto, large-scale tenant rice farming in Hokuriku, grape and peach farming in Tosan, strawberry farming in Tokai, community rice farms in Kinki, dairy farming in Chugoku, mandarin orange farming in Shikoku, and small-scale mixed farming in Kyushu.
The following five types of farm successors are found at present in Japan. The first type is individual part-time farmers who carry on both farming and working off-farm. The second type is viable full-type farmers who intend to expand the scale of their farm operations by taking over agricultural activities of part-time or elderly farmers. The third type is industrialized or commercialized farm operations involving farm companies and agricultural producers' co-operatives. The fourth type is community farms, organized by a farm support group made up of village farmers. The final and last type is agricultural services establishments that take over some parts of agricultural activities of part-time or elderly farmers. Among them, the third and forth types will become more important in the near future. In order to realize the sustainability of agriculture in Japan by these successors, natural, economical, social, cultural and political conditions must be improved and vigorous successors who lead Japanese agriculture must be grown.
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[Book] Regional division and regional differentiation of agriculture. (in Japanese) In, Yamamoto Shozo, Taniuchi Toru, Kanno Mineaki, Tabayashi Akira, Okuno Takashi, eds.2006
Author(s)
Nihei Takaaki, Sakurai Akihisa
Total Pages
221-230
Publisher
Regional geography of Japan 2, general views II (people and society), Asakura-shoten, Tokyo
Description
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[Book] Sustainability of villages involved in vegetable growing in the Tokyo metropolitan area : A case study from the western part of Ibaraki prefecture on the Kanto Plain. In, Mather, A.S. ed.2005
Author(s)
Tabayashi Akira, Waldichuk Tom, Watanabe Hiromasa, Iguchi Azusa, Tanno Yasuhiko, Tanabe Chihiro, Hayashi Takuya
Total Pages
102-108
Publisher
Land use and rural sustainability : proceedings of conference on land use and rural sustainability, Commission on Sustainability of Rural Systems, International Geographical Union
Description
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[Book] The fate of suburban agricultural areas in Japan : A case study from Mito City, - Ibaraki Prefecture. The structure and dynamics of rural territories : geographical perspectives. La, Ramsey, D., Bryant, C. eds.2004
Author(s)
Oshima Norie, Kurosaki Ikuko, Murasawa Osamu, Shimizu Katsushi, Iguchi Azusa, Tabayashi Akira, Waldichuk Tom
Total Pages
307-327
Publisher
Brandon University Press, Brandon
Description
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[Book] Sustaining agricultural activities on the Isawa alluvial fan, Northern Japan. In, Bicalho, A.M.S.M., Hoene, S.W. eds,.2004
Author(s)
Tabayashi Akira, Fujinaga Go, Nakamura Akifumi
Total Pages
161-173
Publisher
The Regional dimension and contemporary challenges to rural sustainability, Universidade Fedral do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Description
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[Book] An analysis of factors for sustaining community participations : A case study of Kanto, Japan. In, Bicalho, A.M., Hofle, S.W. eds.2004
Author(s)
Matsui Keisuke, Iwama Nobuyuki, Kaneko Jun, Kurishima Hideaki, Sasaki Midori
Total Pages
240-253
Publisher
The Regional dimension and contemporary challenges to rural sustainability, University Federal of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Description
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