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Female Farmer and Social Capital

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17500518
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field General human life sciences
Research InstitutionTokyo Kasei Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

UEMURA Kyoko  Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University, Home Economics, Prof (00343525)

Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2007
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Keywordsfamily management agreement / social capital / female farmer / human capital / family resource management / prosumer / household economic / community / ケイパビリティ・アプローチ / プロシューマー / ライフマネジメント / 消費者教育 / 地参地消 / 生活経営(ライフマネジメント) / 経営改善計画 / 女性リーダー / 女性農業委員 / 生活改善運動 / 農地 / 認定農業者 / 共同申請 / ネットワーク / 生活改良普及員 / 女性農協役員
Research Abstract

In this paper, the tactics to bring out best untapped capability of a woman farmer, as a prosumer who has both sides of a producer and a consumer, are considered.
Entrepreneurial activity which brings in assets accumulation of a woman farmer, has a tendency to be tied closely to consumer needs such as farm-gate sales, restaurant managements, dietary educations, and green-tourism. As for management goal of living, farming and the community, highly public ones, such as offering safe and secure foods, constructing confidential relation of the family and area and passing down a lifestyle, are large.
Managements of the woman farmer are classified into 3 stages of Individual, family and area, as below :
(1) Personal capital of individual(human capital) level
(2) Family resource level which is built up by family management agreement and so on, and
(3) Social capital level, dealing with the community and network such as entrepreneurial activity, based on improvement of living and local production f … More or local consumption.
Interview surveillance, focusing on Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Hyogo, Nagano, Gunma and Tochigi, was conducted. Characteristics of management of each stages differ depending upon the type of area and agricultural products, but the approach to redress the negative effects, such as depression of living ability, rarefaction of human, disruption of lifestyle and global environmental issues, emerging from being divided into a producer and a consumer, is common characteristics.
Especially, Adding perspective of financing management entity for living, farming, and the community has contributed to the high-spirited activity. Using assets accumulation of a woman farmer as a useful indicator, it is necessary the restructuring and reconsidering scheme for housework for household chores, child rearing and nursing care, which woman farmer has ordinarily borne without pay, occupational work not only producing agricultural production but also processing and distributing them, community-based NPOand community activity. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2007 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2006 Annual Research Report
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2008 2007

All Journal Article (4 results) Presentation (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 家族経営協定にみる女性農業者とソーシャル・キャピタル2008

    • Author(s)
      上村 協子
    • Journal Title

      家政学原論研究 42

      Pages: 165-168

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] management agreement and female farmer2008

    • Author(s)
      Kyoko, uemura
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Principles of Home Economics No. 42

      Pages: 165-168

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 家族経営協定にみる女性農業者とソーシャル・キャピタル2008

    • Author(s)
      上村 協子
    • Journal Title

      家政学原論研究 42(印刷中)

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 活力志向の金融政策と生活設計2007

    • Author(s)
      上村 協子
    • Journal Title

      家庭経済学研究 20

      Pages: 13-18

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] 日本における女性農業者の資産形成2007

    • Author(s)
      上村 協子
    • Organizer
      国際ジェンダー学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京学芸大学
    • Year and Date
      2007-11-11
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report 2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] 家族経営協定にみる女性農業者とソーシャル・キャピタル2007

    • Author(s)
      上村 協子
    • Organizer
      (社)日本家政学会 家政学原論部会
    • Place of Presentation
      お茶の水女子大学
    • Year and Date
      2007-08-23
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2005-04-01   Modified: 2025-11-20  

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