Present Stage of Shonai's Paddy Agriculture

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  • 庄内水田農業の現段階
  • 庄内水田農業の現段階 : 構造変動の歴史的パターンは変わるのか?
  • ショウナイ スイデン ノウギョウ ノ ゲン ダンカイ : コウゾウ ヘンドウ ノ レキシテキ パターン ワ カワル ノ カ?
  • : Does the Historical Pattern of Structural Change Transform?
  • －構造変動の歴史的パターンは変わるのか？－

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<p>This article aims to reveal present features of structural change in Shonai region, Yamagata prefecture, as a leading paddy farming region. The Shonai's paddy agriculture has held a historical pattern of structural change, which is featured the scaleup of "middle scale farmers" corresponding to the stage of productive powers, the "collectivism" based on rural communities supporting middle scale farmers and the management diversion in the post WWII era. We examine whether this characteristic is changing in the present stage, based on field surveys in the old Tsuruoka city. We can conclude that the historical pattern of Shonai's paddy agriculture "has not basically changed" yet. The development observed in 2005-10 which farmlands were accumulated to large organized managements was a just irregular movement and the traditional pattern of change came back in 2010-15. However, extensive and radical scale expansion through introducing rice and soybean is also progressing. As a result, the development of management diversion characterized during the post WWII era is being lost. The contemporary middle scale farmers (10-20ha) with management diversion are losing their existence basis, while farmers who expand their size extensively may be another type of principal farmers in Shonai's paddy farming. These movements are results reflected not by internal forces of regional agriculture but by policy changes.</p>

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