The Role of Family in the Entry of Young Farmers into Agriculture: Utilizing Large Household Members Panel Data

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K02080
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 08010:Sociology-related
• Research Institution: Tottori University of Environmental Studies
• Principal Investigator: Nishimura Noriko 公立鳥取環境大学, 経営学部, 教授 (00351875)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 村上 あかね 桃山学院大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (20470106) ; 仙田 徹志 京都大学, 学術情報メディアセンター, 准教授 (00325325)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 若手農家 / 新規参入 / 経営継承 / 女性参画 / 家族 / パネルデータ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study utilized “Census of Agriculture and Forestry” to reconstruct panel data on household members from 2000-2015, and quantitatively clarified the conditions for continued management of young new farmers and successor farmers. As a result, it was found that sustainable agricultural management requires 1) a certain level of scale, 2) stability of the farm owner, and 3) family participation in management, especially joint management by husband and wife. For new entrants, the challenge is to balance the need for agricultural labor and income at the time of entry. For existing small-scale farmers, the timing of successors' participation in management is an issue.

Free Research Field

人口学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

「経営継承」、「新規参入」、「女性や家族の経営参画」などの諸課題は幅広い分野での研究蓄積がある。しかし、統計上の問題からそれらの動向の全体像は把握できていなかった。本研究は「農林業センサス」を用いた世帯員パネルデータを構築することで、数量的にこれらを把握する試みである。その成果は、諸課題に対して資料を提供し、人材確保をめぐる農業・農村政策に新たな課題の提起の基盤となることが期待できる。