Research about community business at group farming.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25450338
• 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: National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
• Principal Investigator: TAKAHASHI Akihiro 国立研究開発法人農業・食品産業技術総合研究機構, 中央農業研究センター農業経営研究領域, 主席研究員 (20355465)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IBA Haruhiko 京都大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (70303873) ; HARA Jyuri 東京農業大学, 国際食料情報学部, 教授 (30355466)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 集落営農

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Some of group farming starts a new business except usual agricultural production. It is a community business.There are lots of cost if the business is a weak association with agricultural production.For such a reason,the business is not helping to income improvement of group farming in many cases.However,the business has provided opportunity to work with income for the elderly.Such supports can stay them in rural areas.To protect their rural society is purpose of the new business.On the other hand,incorporation of group farming is progressing in recent years.So it is need to improve their profitability. We can show two types of business model today.The first type cooperates with a local government.It receives supports instead of orders for public services from a local government. Another type is effectively utilizing the resources and diversification department such as vegetables production section and processing section in group farming.

Free Research Field

農業経営