2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Positive study on QOLassessment of outcome with green care in agriculture
| Project/Area Number |
22405031
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Agro-economics
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| Research Institution | Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine |
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Principal Investigator |
SASAKI Ichio 帯広畜産大学, その他部局等, 名誉教授 (70125384)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KURAMOCHI Katsuhisa 帯広畜産大学, 畜産学部, 教授 (00091546)
KOIKE Masanori 帯広畜産大学, 畜産学部, 教授 (00205303)
WATANABE Yoshiyuki 帯広畜産大学, 畜産学部, 教授 (60231015)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-04-01 – 2013-03-31
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| Keywords | グリーンケア農業 / 公共性 / 科学的根拠 |
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| Research Abstract |
Agriculture can produce commodity outputs and also be a source of several non-commodity outputs that exhibit the characteristics of public good. The term green-care agriculture refers to this nexus between commodity and public good that care for people with disability in farming. The aim of this research is to certify the evidence of green care in agriculture. According to results of the statistical analysis on health-related quality of life score of autistic persons at green-care farm, we obtained on positive evidence that the health of persons with working more than 120 months improves significantly, compared with persons with working less than 120 months in the sphere of mental component summary score. The result suggest the evidence that green-care agriculture can produce a new public good.This outcome is a pioneering one of green care study.
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Research Products
(7 results)
