The Evolution of Community Farming Organizations and their Significance in a Paddy Rice Production Area: A Case Study of Sanwa Ward of Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture

Shimizu, Kazuaki

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“…Previous research has mainly focused on male headsof-households or individuals whose primary occupation is farming (for example, Otake 2008;Shimizu 2013;Tabayashi 2007;Tabayashi and Kikuchi 2016). Yet, with household heads, especially young males, working in the non-agricultural sector, other individuals, including farmers' wives, parents, and returning offspring play an important role in farm management, (Little 1997;Araki 2002;Gullifer and Thompson 2006;Maclaren 2017).…”

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Transition of Farmland Use in a Japanese Mountainside Settlement: An Analysis of the Residents’ Career Histories

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Transition of Farmland Use in a Japanese Mountainside Settlement: An Analysis of the Residents’ Career Histories

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Establishment Process of a Village Farming Corporation and Factors Contributing to the Survival of Regional Agriculture in Daisen City, Akita Prefecture

KIDOGUCHI

2022

Kikan Chirigaku

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This study investigated the establishment process of a village farming corporation and factors contributing to the survival of regional agriculture in Daisen City, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Agriculture in Daisen City has been organized in agricultural villages as units since the 1970s to increase agricultural income. The quantity of village farming corporations have been increasing in recent years, particularly in Nakasen town, where the number of village farming corporations, based on agricultural villages, has been growing due to increased recipients of farmland. The N corporation, the subject of this study, was established to restructure regional agriculture in response to the decline in rice prices, and the stringent rice production adjustments that apply since the 2000s. An establishment of the N corporation enabled the efficient allocation of labor and farmland between the landuse and laborintensive sectors of agriculture, respectively. The successor generation was leaving the village for employment in other industries, but the N corporation countered it by creating yearround employment opportunities, which initiative secured agricultural successors. Securing successors is difficult in a farming system as it consists of parttime farm households and voluntary organizations. An establishment of the N corporation restructured regional agriculture strategically.

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従事者雇用にみる集落営農法人の小農的性格の変化

SHOJI

2024

Kikan Chirigaku

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This paper clarifies the communitybased farm corporationʼs employment strategy, channels and job selection of employment structure of agricultural workers in Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture. It additionally examines the profile of such corporations in view of this employment structure. In settlement A, Tajimi City, many farmers retired early, and a communitybased farm corporation (company B) was established to maintain the farmland. The agricultural products planted by B are divided into two types according to the purpose of production. The first type consists of rice and blueberries, planted to maintain all farmland in settlement A. Strawberries and micro leaves are the second type, and B continues to obtain high profits from these agricultural products. Key workers in the production of the first type are women living in Tajimi City, who engage in unskilled labor (1) . For the second type, fulltime employees with agricultural skills are hired (2) . The relationships that have matched them with company B differs between (1) and (2) . While (1) were matched through introductions from women living in A, the emphasis for (2) is on their formal relationship with the Gifu prefectural agricultural college. In addition, the wage levels also differ between the two categories. For (1) , this is set at the minimum wage of the Gifu Prefecture, while for (2) , it is the same level as that offered by nonfarming companies in Tajimi City. By raising the wage level for (2) , B aims to recruit better worker and, it can be said that B has a peasant profile as its purpose is to maintain the farmland, while at the same time incorporating an entrepreneurial profile.

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The Evolution of Community Farming Organizations and their Significance in a Paddy Rice Production Area: A Case Study of Sanwa Ward of Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Transition of Farmland Use in a Japanese Mountainside Settlement: An Analysis of the Residents’ Career Histories

Transition of Farmland Use in a Japanese Mountainside Settlement: An Analysis of the Residents’ Career Histories

Establishment Process of a Village Farming Corporation and Factors Contributing to the Survival of Regional Agriculture in Daisen City, Akita Prefecture

従事者雇用にみる集落営農法人の小農的性格の変化

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