A Comparative Study on "Sustainability and Restructuring of Social Networks" of Urban Agriculture

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23530693
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
• Principal Investigator: FUNATO SHUICHI 静岡文化芸術大学, 文化政策学部, 准教授 (00466814)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NISHIKIDO Makoto 法政大学, 人間環境学部, 教授 (00333584) ; ZUSHI Naoya 法政大学, 現代福祉学部, 教授 (60442563) ; KURODA Satoru 長崎大学, 環境科学部, 准教授 (60570372)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 都市農業 / 援農 / 非農家 / 市民 / ボランティア / 消費される農

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this research is to take up "agricultural support volunteer" at Hino city and Machida city in Tokyo, and consider the sustainability of urban agriculture with support of those approaches. Recently, in Tokyo metropolitan area, efforts of agricultural support volunteer is actively worked on which comes from commitment from of non-agricultural citizens to farming, and leads to complement work force for farm family that is labor shortages by aging or lack of engaged person. In Hino city since 2006, a volunteer group is organized named "Hino-bito-enno-no-kai" and helping local farm families "by free of charge". On the other hand, in Machida city since 2002, nonprofit organization "Tagayasu": cultivate is established and helping farming of local farm families "for profit". In the light of those cases above, treated the sustainability of urban agriculture by collaborating local citizens and farm families.

Free Research Field

地域社会学