Agriculture Reconstruction Process and Factors which Affect Farmers' Decision, in Tsunami Disaster Areas, Great East Japan Earthquake

Case Study of A Settlement, Natori-city, Migagi Prefecture

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to overview agriculture reconstruction process from the time before disaster up to the present, and clarify the factors which affect farmers' decision in that process. The factors which affected the establishment of production organization are 1) to recognize the necessity of production organization before the disaster, 2) to occur many farm retirements as the cause of the serious damage, and 3) to offer 'the leasing project' of the reconstruction grants, which set to target farmers' group. It affected the activity of production organization that the schedule of the construction work became tight due to the deadline of the reconstruction grants.