The Role of the Support Farmers in the Securing of Farmland for Newcomers

The Case Study of Minami-Aizu in Fukushima Prefecture

Abstract

In this study, based on the survey of the "Nango tomato" newcomers, we clarified the role of the mediating farmers to secure of farmland for newcomers. As a result, the mediating farmers have taken care of the newcomers from many aspects, such as the teaching of agricultural technology to the securement in a farmland and so on. Therefore the choice of the training farmhouse is very important. And there are many examples that the securement in a farmland of the newcomers depends on the adjustment of the support farmer.