Attempts to elucidate and disseminate the actual conditions of sustainable water management by communities in irrigated rice-growing regions in Africa

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K05845
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 41010:Agricultural and food economics-related
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: YAMANE YUKO 名古屋大学, 農学国際教育研究センター, 国内客員研究員 (70528992)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 稲作 / 東アフリカ / 地域研究 / 水利組織 / 潅漑稲作 / ビクトリア湖岸地域

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Since I traveled in 2019, it has become difficult to travel due to the global spread of COVID-19. Therefore, from 2020, I focused on writing a submitted paper and presenting at an academic conference based on the data I had obtained so far. 12 papers were submitted (9 of which were peer-reviewed) and 8 presentations were made at conferences (3 of which were invited lectures). In general, about the production and consumption of rice in the participating East African countries, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, the distribution of cultivation areas, the differences in varieties and cultivation techniques by country and region, their characteristics, differences in domestic distribution and rice milling, etc. A comprehensive review was also published. In the future, I will continue to increase the number of reviews and summarize the books.

Free Research Field

地域研究

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本政府によるアフリカ稲作に対する支援は作物学や農業経済学などの専門家がトップダウンで各専門に基づく知見から支援内容を決定するという形式をとっている。しかし、潅漑稲作は対象とする地域の社会の特性や水利の実態を把握した上で適切な内容を考察した上で行わなければ実効性が伴わない支援となる危険性が高い。本研究では、ケニアビクトリア湖がん地域の潅漑稲作を対象に地域の水利組織の実態と稲作の一体に関して自らも稲作を行いつつ詳細な情報収集を試みながら明らかにした。アフリカの農業支援は成果が表れにくいといわれるが、レビューも含めもう少し知見の蓄積は必要だが地域の実態を反映した支援法につながる研究になった。