抄録
The regional agricultural policy by the local autonomy has been in effect from the latter half of the 1970's in Japan. In this paper, the followings are discussed: 1) the definition of the regional agricultural policy, 2) the actual state of the regional agricultural policy in Japan, 3) the direction and isuues of the regional agricultural policy in the near future, 4) the issues of research activities of the regional agricultural policy.
Under the lack in financial resoureces and administrative staffs with high ability of the local autnomies, the regional agricultural policy has benn under certain restrictions in Japan. In the near future, it will be very important.
