Abstract
In order to utilize local variety as local resources, the process of the expansion of the number of farmers and the cultivation area of each local variety of vegetables was studied. Three local variety “Komoike Dainagon” (Red Bean),”Harimao Ninniku” (Garlic), “Himeji Ebiimo” (Taro) were selected. Those examples revealed 1) expanding processes were different whether a farmer tried alone or farmers were organized; 2）the trigger of the expansion was interchange with outsiders who were interested in utilization of local variety and the farmers; and 3）the construction of the seed management and the securing of market brought increase of the number of farmers and cultivation area expansion. Furthermore, the comparison between examples clarified the main point and problems to utilization those vegetables as local resources.
