2022 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
In Search of Future Farmers: Comparative Research on Young People's Exit from Agriculture in Rural Indonesia, Japan and Nepal
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22H00916
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
Sunam Ramesh 早稲田大学, 高等研究所, その他(招聘研究員) (30852719)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
伊藤 毅 上智大学, 国際教養学部, 教授 (10646863)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-01 – 2026-03-31
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| Keywords | Young people / Agriculture / Rural Asia / Food Security / Migration |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Globally, young people are increasingly turning away from agriculture and rural futures. Who will be farmers in the future? Young people’s reluctance to engage in agriculture is associated with the critical problems of youth unemployment, agricultural decline, and poverty, particularly in Asia. Drawing on evidence generated from comparative field studies in rural Indonesia, Japan and Nepal, our project seeks to offer nuanced understandings of the complex relationships between young people and agriculture in rural Asia.
To this end, our research project made three key achievements in 2022. First, we undertook an extensive review of relevant literature on youth and agriculture in Asia and other parts of the world. This has informed our fieldwork and academic papers which we are drafting. Second, we carried out a questionnaire survey with young people and other key stakeholders along with in-depth interviews in rural parts of Japan and Nepal, generating a rich database providing a foundation for academic and policy relevant publications. Using insights from our field data, we drafted a manuscript on youth-agriculture disconnect for submission to a reputed international journal. Finally, in December 2022 we organized a research workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal and presented our work-in-progress research on youth and agriculture in Japan and Nepal. The workshop was attended by a range of participants representing youth, scholars, thinktanks, agricultural entrepreneurs and policy makers.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The project is being implemented smoothly as we completed literature review, fieldwork in rural Japan and Nepal and organised a research workshop in Kathmandu as planned.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
We will complete fieldwork and then focus on data analysis and publications. We will also share our key findings through international conferences.
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