Abstract
This thesis tries to demonstrate the important role that the partnership system between farmers and developers led by the former has played in realizing the land consolidation project for enlarged paddy field, above all building a consensus among the parties concerned. The land consolidation project so realized has two types, the one involves developers and the other is of purely agricultural sector. The case I chose is Inbanuma Land Improvement District in Chiba Prefecture.
Among the areas in that district, Yachiyo area and Sakura area are the ones where the land consolidation projects for enlarged paddy field that involve developers are in progress. And of the two, the parties in Sakura area have realized the more appropriate project for making rice farming more productive.
In Sakura area, where the farmers are engaged in the progressive land consolidation projects for enlarged paddy field, those projects have been realized in larger units. The reason for this is that the famers in Sakura are effectively making use of the partnership system between farmers and developers which is achieved and kept effective in Inbanuma Land Improvement District.
What makes the farmers in Sakura area make use of that system is the fact that the system enables people other than farmers to participate in those projects and so exempts farmers from payment for construction.
In my Opinion, to promote the land consolidation projects for enlarged paddy field in present Japan, farmers must cooperate with those engaged in other industries. In Inbanuma Land Improvement District, a committee is organized for discussing land consolidation projects for enlarged paddy field so that farmers will be exempted from the burden of paying the construction cost by those engaged in the construction sector. Sakura area is an area where farmers are utilizing this committee effectively, and, due to this fact, land consolidation projects for enlarged paddy field which disburdens farmers of payment for construction are being promoted.
