The Characteristics of Viable Farming in Tomisato, Chiba Prefecture : A Case Study of Kanahori and Taiki Villages

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  • 千葉県富里町における自立農業経営の特性 : 金堀集落と太木集落を例として
  • チバケン トミサトマチ ニ オケル ジリツ ノウギョウ ケイエイ ノ トクセイ

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This paper, focussing on the agriculturally viable farms which have been grown after the high-degree economic growth in Japan, aims at considering the characteristics of viable farming and its enabling factors by comnaring the inner conditions of agricultural management in the study area, Kanahori and Taiki Villages in Tomisato, Chiba Prefecture. The results are summarized as follows: In Kanahori, which was reclaimed at the end of World War II, the inner conditions of farmers for agricultural management have the following characteristics: farmland is cultivated on a large scale and each farmer's cultivated fields are concentrated at one place;labor force is abundant;and successors to anricultural management are amrcle. Therefore, horticulture with facilities, whose main crop is watermelon is managed intensivelv. The farmers can acctuire hinher income bv their agricultural activities, which is enough for their household economy. The viable farming comes into existence in the whole of Kanahori. On the other hand, Taiki had been reclaimed through a long period of 100years from the Meiji era. In Taiki, farmland is cultivated on a small scale and each farmer's cultivated fields are fragmentarily dispersed in a few places:labor forces mainly consist of aged persons and women;and successors to agricultural management is short. As a result, the extensive agriculture is managed. The household economy of farmers depends on agrculture income to a lesser extent. Most of the farmers earn their household income from non-agricultural activities. Moreover, an original intention oriented toward part-time farming and past experiences of part-time farmer are also the inner factors causing them to become part-time farmers recently.

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