Evolution of the Population of Beef Cow-Calf Operations in Taiki, Hokkaido Prefecture

Oro, Kohei

doi:10.4157/grj.80.547

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“…Japanese geographical studies on large-scale farm management in Hokkaido have been conducted on some agricultural types, such as upland farming, rice farming, dairy farming, beef cattle breeding, and more (Kasai 1970;Ishihara 1985;Sadamoto and Hirai 1991;Saito 2003;Umeda 2003;Nihei 2007;Oro 2007).…”

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Analysis of Social Relationships for Transferring of Farmland Rights in a Large-Scale Upland Farming Area, Hokkaido (English Translation)

Yoshida

2021

Geog. Rev. Japan B

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This paper aims to explain the mechanism of the transfer of farming rights in Japan's large-scale upland farming belt by focusing on the social relationships among farmers. The mechanisms of farmers' social relationships were analyzed by applying the concept of "multiplex-uniplex" that is used in the social network approach. The study area was Omaki and Kowa settlements in central Hokkaido Prefecture. This area was newly cleared and opened for settlement in 1950. The major agricultural enterprises in this area are upland, dairy, and vegetable farming. The main findings are as follows. 1) Various social relationships among farmers were observed behind the transfer of farming rights, including territorial relations, kinship and school connections. Some official agencies were also involved in these relationships. 2) The types of social relationships varied in the way the transfer of farming rights overlapped. Almost all transfers were influenced by multiplex relationships, such as a combination of territorial relations, kinship, and school connections. On the other hand, uniplex relationships existed in the transfer of farming rights when farmers did not have these social relationships. 3) Social relationships in the transfer of farming rights expanded spatially from the scale of the neighborhood or settlement to the scale of the home district, other districts, and outside of town. Many farmers accumulated most of their farmland within their settlements, but depending on farm management conditions, some late accumulated farmland was located outside their settlements.

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Analysis of Social Relationships for Transferring of Farmland Rights in a Large-Scale Upland Farming Area, Hokkaido (English Translation)

Yoshida

2021

Geog. Rev. Japan B

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The Dynamism of the Phalaenopsis Industry in Taiwan and the International Relay Culture System

Arai¹,

Oro²,

Koseki³

et al. 2011

E-journal GEO

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Trade liberalization urges farmers to explore new approaches for producing and marketing their products. Those approaches include the international "relay culture" system expanding between Taiwan and other consuming nations to grow a kind of orchid, phalaenopsis. The system has two processes: 1) Taiwanese growers specialize in growing and exporting nursery plants in their warm climate. 2) Growers in the consuming nations bloom and sell the plants in their markets where particular quality is required. This study understands the evolution of the relay culture system by analyzing the growers' adaptive changes in the Taiwanese phalaenopsis sector. Induced by the political and economical changes, and based on the result from the adaptive technological changes, each grower in Taiwan has flexibly chosen trading partners, targeting nations, and the plants' growth stage to specialize in. As a result, the export destinations have especially been diversified to US, EU, and some other nations, and the importance of Japan has declined. Although Japanese growers have been showing growing interest in the relay culture with Taiwan since the mid-2000s, Taiwanese growers are losing their incentive to persist in trading with Japanese growers who have stricter quality requirements. This gap potentially destabilizes the relay culture between the two nations.

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Analysis of Social Relationships for Transferring Farmland Rights in a Large-Scale Upland Farming Area, Hokkaido

Yoshida¹

2009

Geographical review of Japan series A

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Evolution of the Population of Beef Cow-Calf Operations in Taiki, Hokkaido Prefecture

Cited by 6 publications

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Analysis of Social Relationships for Transferring of Farmland Rights in a Large-Scale Upland Farming Area, Hokkaido (English Translation)

Analysis of Social Relationships for Transferring of Farmland Rights in a Large-Scale Upland Farming Area, Hokkaido (English Translation)

The Dynamism of the Phalaenopsis Industry in Taiwan and the International Relay Culture System

Analysis of Social Relationships for Transferring Farmland Rights in a Large-Scale Upland Farming Area, Hokkaido

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