Research on the construction of an effective agricultural-welfare collaboration program model that contributes to regional revitalization

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K02215
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 08020:Social welfare-related
• Research Institution: Otsuma Women's University
• Principal Investigator: FUJIMOTO YU 大妻女子大学, 人間関係学部, 助教 (80849399)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 農福連携 / プログラム評価 / 障害者 / 福祉的就労 / 農業

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study was conducted to develop a program theory for implementing agriculture-welfare collaboration to contribute to regional revitalization. Program theory is a method of generating theory using program evaluation techniques, and in this study, an effect model was created using the CD-TEP evaluation approach, a methodology for generating scientifically based, evidence-based social programs that are effective for solving social issues. Agricultural-welfare collaboration is implemented to solve the issue of labor shortages in the agricultural sector by employing people with disabilities in the agricultural sector and to promote social participation of people with disabilities, but several issues have been identified in its implementation. To address these issues, the CD-TEP method was used to create an effect model of agriculture-welfare collaboration.

Free Research Field

社会福祉

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

農福連携はいまだに課題の多い実践活動の一つである。一方で、この取り組みは農業分野の人手不足と障害者の社会参加という2つの社会課題を解決する社会的に意義深い活動の1つである。課題の一つは、この活動が誰が主導し、どこに向かって、何を活動の評価とするのか、ということが見えにくいところにある。本研究において、障害者就労継続支援B型事業の限定ではあるが、農福連携を実施している事業所においてそれらの活動の調査を実施し農福連携をどのようなシステムをととらえる必要があるのか、そのために事業所の職員が何をすべきかということを整理したことに社会的意義があったと考える。