地域農林業・農村の活性化と自治体の今日的役割

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In this paper, the author analyzes current roles of local governments in Japan. The Central Government and a prefectural government have been responsible for policy making in national level, on the other hand a city government, a town goverment and a village government have qeen responsible for the fulfillment of the required policies in the local level which they are belong to.
The late Professor Seiichi Tohbata mentioned that the development of Japanese agriculture largely depended on the efforts of the Central Government which did not own risk. And he also pointed that a peasant was merely a follower of the policies established by the Central Government. However, the author mentions that the local governmets, such as a city government, a town governmet and a village governmet, have been taking very important roles on the agricultural development in the local level. And he also indicates the following points; (1) the most important target of local governmets have been the also indicates perfect fulfillment of policies with no failure, (2) peasants have been organized by the advanced farmer who has been taking an important leadership of a community.
The key strategy for the revitalization of agriculture in the local level is tightening and strengthening the relationship and the cooperation among local governments, agricultural cooperatives and advanced farmers.