Integrative Power for Agroforestry & Conditions to its Continue

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25450340
• 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: SENDA MASAYUKI 国立研究開発法人農業・食品産業技術総合研究機構, 西日本農業研究センター・営農生産体系研究領域, グループ長 (80370493)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: アグロフォレストリー / 林畜複合経営 / 肉用牛繁殖経営 / 集落営農 / 水田放牧 / 里山放牧 / 周年親子放牧 / 経営評価

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Silvoarable system as one of agroforestry, which combine log-grown shiitake mushroom production with beef cattle production in Japan, has been practiced to use primary factors of production for both departments. Therefore, integrative power of this silvoarable system is much stronger and its profitability is higher than mushroom or beef cattle specialized farming. It’s also cleared that its profitability is stable to fluctuation of each sales price through model analysis. It's cleared that productivity and profitability are quite different from pregnant cow’s seasonal grazing to all cattle year-round grazing. Therefore, it’s essential to promote the later grazing method to conserve agricultural land and to improve farming revenue. Furthermore, we analyzed several risks for cattle grazing on paddy fields and suggested the ways avoids and lowers these risks.

Free Research Field

農学