Revitalization of super-aged rural community

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26450331
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Agricultural science in rural society and development
• Research Institution: Akita Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: ARAHI Yutaka 秋田県立大学, 生物資源科学部, 教授 (20369276)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 超高齢農村 / 農村生活 / 日常的健康管理 / 農村活性化 / 高齢者農業 / アクティブシニア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research planned more than one social experiment and planned for participation promotion to develop of region activity for the purpose of explication of the state of the participation to rural activities targeted for the senior citizen who lives in a super-aged rural community. Approach from three phases (senior citizen's behavioral characteristic, match menu development and cooperation with administration) was prepared by this research.
The outcome is as follows. When senior citizen's behavioral characteristic is seen, many rural community senior citizens maintain a neighborhood network and take part in rural activities by an invitation from the company. Health care card making, development of exercise for health and it's conventionalized, and the match menu by which it's for a morning market and chicken of the place fattening activity has been developed.

Free Research Field

農村社会学