Study for job creation in rural areas under a structural depression

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25450318
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Agricultural science in management and economy
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Yamazaki Ryoichi 東京農工大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 教授 (10305906)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NOMIYAMA Toshio 東京農工大学, 大学院農学研究院, 教授 (20242240) ; HOSOYAMA Takao 独立行政法人農業, 食品産業技術総合研究機構・北海道農業研究センター, 上席研究員 (50526944) ; NARITA Takumi 弘前大学, 農学生命科学部, 准教授 (50614260) ; ARAI Sachiho 東京農工大学, 大学院農学研究院, 講師 (40345062)
• Research Collaborator: MAGAKI Wakaba 農林水産省, 農林水産政策研究所, 研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 地域労働市場 / 農業構造動態 / 農業生産法人 / 集落営農 / 伊那谷 / 石狩川流域 / 横手市 / 農業地帯

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of this study is to clarify relations between structure of rural labour market and agricultural structure and to consider possibilities of agriculturaljob opportunities, conductind reserachs in the Ina Valley of Nagano Prefecture, Yokote City of Akita Prefecture and the basin of the Ishikari River of Hokkaido. In the Ina Valley, under rather favorable labour conditions（rural labour market of Kinki type), a farmers' differentiation to two poles appears. Two types of agricultural production legal person, core type and satellite type, also appear, prividing job opportunities.
In Yokote City, under unfavorable labour conditions（rural labour market of Tohoku type), middle-sized farmers are common. Community farming organizations made for a policy lack in the fact as the management body. In the basin of the Ishikari River, lacking non-agricultural job opportunities in rural areas, the farmland rental by the land owners of advanced age increases.

Free Research Field

農業経済学