Interdisciplinary study on landless peasants' movement in Amazon - its function on poverty reduction and forest biomass

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24602002
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social symbiosis and exclusion
• Research Institution: Okayama University (2014-2015); Kyoto University (2012-2013)
• Principal Investigator: ISHIMARU Kanae 岡山大学, 地域総合研究センター, 准教授 (00572471)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OKUDA Wakana 神田外語大学, 外国語学部, 講師 (10547904)
• Research Collaborator: YOSHIKAWA Sayaka 東京工業大学, 理工学研究科, 特別研究員 ; TAMURA Noriko 京都大学, 大学院教育学研究科, 大学院生
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: アマゾン河口部 / 農業生産 / 貧困の連鎖 / 教育 / 森林バイオマス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We estimated the impact of agricultural production on poverty reduction and forest biomass recovery at settlements of landless peasants' movement in estuary of Amazon from a plurality of viewpoints of agricultural science, educational science and environmental science. Our investigations revealed 1. sustainable production and settling of the peasants enables forest biomass recovery. 2. school attendance years improved in the first generation rather than second. 3. variation of tree crops is an important factor for stable sales and subsistence crop production. Land property issue is a key for stable settlement for these peoples to achieve poverty amelioration and forest biomass recovery.

Free Research Field

地域研究(南米)