Study on agroforestry dissemination by the Japanese farmers in the Brazilian Amazon

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25304033
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Agricultural science in management and economy
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Principal Investigator: YAMADA MASAAKI 東京農工大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 教授 (60323755)
• Research Collaborator: TAKITANE Izabel Cristina ; TSUTSUMI Gota
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 遷移型アグロフォレストリー / ブラジル / アマゾン / 日系人 / 環境適応 / 農業開発 / 社会技術 / 小農普及

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Japanese immigrants and their descendants planting for a century in northern Brazil are the pioneers of agriculture in the Amazon who introduced jute and black pepper there. Since 1970s they developed a successional agroforestry system called SAFTA with the aim of farm diversification. It was copied and popularized by surrounding Brazilian small farmers, and it has gained an international reputation as a sustainable farming method adapted to the tropical rainforest environment of the region. The researcher investigated Japanese immigrant farms and Brazilian farm communities who accepted SAFTA and clarified the diffusion process of this sustainable farming system.

Free Research Field

国際地域開発