The Distribution of Farming Households with Part-time Works in the Circumstance of Sendai City

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  • 仙台市周辺における兼業農家の分布
  • センダイシ シュウヘン ニ オケル ケンギョウ ノウカ ノ ブンセキ

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The main factors which make farmers take part-time works can be found both on the side of the farmers themsleves and in the influence of the circumstances to which they belong. The factor which farmers have in themselves is the amount of their income from the farming, and is regionally different. And the other factor is in profitableness of going into other industry.<BR>According to these factors, we can see following regional differences of the part-time works of the farmers ;<BR>1 Farmers in the shore of Matsushima bay pursue fishery as their side works.<BR>2 Farmers in the western hill pursue forestry or are engaged in daily employment.<BR>3 Farmers in the suburbs or in the local towns pursue full-time work.<BR>4 The rate of part-time works is low in the rice field districts.<BR>5 Farmers in the district conveniently situated to the labor market seek daily employment but the rate of the part-time work is low.<BR>The recent development of the labor market in the city has gradually changed the farmers from engaging in farming only, or pursuing forestry or fishing Many of them look for daily employment or full-time works in large cities, while some of them keeps the tendency engage in farming only.

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