Regional Characteristics of Yokohamaʼs Agriculture Based on Statistics

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  • 統計からみた横浜市の農業の地域的特徴
  • トウケイ カラ ミタ ヨコハマシ ノ ノウギョウ ノ チイキテキ トクチョウ

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The Basic Law for the Promotion of Urban Agriculture, enacted in 2015, set forth a policy that differed significantly from previous policies and measures for urban farmland and agriculture. This paper summarizes the current status of agriculture in Yokohama City using statistical data on business entities engaged in agriculture. In Yokohama City, which supplies agricultural products to urban areas, a large proportion of agricultural output is vegetables, fruit trees, and flowers, and agricultural products are sold not only to JA but also to a variety of other sources, including food manufacturing and food service industries and direct sales to consumers. However, most of the agricultural management entity are individuals, and only a small number operate as a corporation, and the scale of their operations is small and the amount of money they receive from sales of agricultural products is small. Organic farming and agricultural production-related businesses are being developed in many areas, although they are few in number. Under the circumstances where urban residentsʼ interest in farmland and agriculture is increasing, one of the factors for the sustainability of agriculture in urban and suburban areas is to present to urban residents the importance of multifunctional functions through the maintenance of farmland and agriculture, not only in one aspect of supplying agricultural products.

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