Determinants of Farmers in Kume Island to Implement the Measures for Prevention of Red Clay Outflow and Crop Choice
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- OKAGAWA Azusa
- National Institute for Environmental Studies
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- HORIE Tetsuya
- Nagasaki University
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- SUGA Shinsuke
- National Institute for Environmental Studies
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- HIBIKI Akira
- Tohoku University
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 久米島農家の赤土流出対策実施・サトウキビ作型選択の要因
- クメトウ ノウカ ノ アカツチ リュウシュツ タイサク ジッシ ・ サトウキビサクガタ センタク ノ ヨウイン
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Description
The red clay outflow has damaged the coral reef and reduced biodiversity in Okinawa. The main source of the outflow is farmland and the crop choice of farmers and land use affects the outflow. The main crop in Kume Island is sugar cane which results in more outflow than the other crops. The purpose of this study is to explore the determinants of farmers in Kume Island on the crop choice and adoption of the measures for prevention of red clay outflow, using the data of the survey for farmers in Kume Island implemented in July, 2014. Our main findings are (1)the older aged farmers are less likely to implement the measures for prevention of red clay outflow, (2) cost and labor to implement the measures reduce the incentive of farmers to implement the measures, (3)the older aged farmers are likely to implement summer planting, which encourages red clay outflow more than spring planting, rather than spring planting, (4)the farmers of sugar cane are older than the farmers of flowers and ornamental plants on average.
Journal
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- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 28 (6), 432-437, 2015
SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, JAPAN
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001204422491392
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- NII Article ID
- 130005245911
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- NII Book ID
- AN10165252
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- ISSN
- 18845029
- 09150048
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- NDL BIB ID
- 026977585
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- JaLC
- IRDB
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- CiNii Articles
- KAKEN
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