Econometric study on roles of herders' norms in grassland preservation on Mongolian Plateau

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17H04629
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Agricultural science in rural society and development
• Research Institution: Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
• Principal Investigator: Oniki Shunji 国立研究開発法人国際農林水産業研究センター, 社会科学領域, 主任研究員 (60289345)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 牧畜 / モンゴル / 社会規範

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Due to regional concentration of herders and an increase in the number of livestock, Mongolian pasture may be degraded in the future. While some aid projects promoted allocation of grassland to herders’ groups, many of them did not continue after finishing the project periods. This study has investigated a possibility of sustainable pasture utilization by forming herders’ social norms. In order to estimate determinants of social norms on pasture utilization, we conducted personal interviews and economic experiments about herders’ pasture utilization and carried out econometric analyses using the data. The results show possibility to form social norms on pasture conservation.

Free Research Field

農業経済学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の経済分析の結果、牧畜民は草原の保全的利用に関する高い規範を保有していることが明らかになった。それにより、草地分割に頼らず、コミュニティーの社会規範をベースにした政策を立てることが可能であることが示唆された。ただし、これは経済学的な見地のみの結果であるため、今後より学際的な調査を行うことで、牧畜民の規範形成の過程を明らかにすることが可能である。