2017 Volume 9 Issue 2 Pages 53-63
We had questionnaire surveyed opportunity and financial status of the newly started and transformed organic farmers in December from September 2013. The effective answers of newly started and transformed farmers were 122 and 68 respectively.
As the opportunity of the entry in the two groups, “wanted to make security, reliable agricultural products,” was the most of them. The two groups reclaimed the market by themselves and they compared agriculture rough profit increased in organic farming areas than the time of the entry. However, the immaturity of the cultivation technology of the two groups was a problem to management stability.
At the enforcement rate of the organic farming, the farmland was 100% used for organic in the newly started group, and, as for the transformed group, there was much partial enforcement.
The newly started farmers had direct marketing to consumers, the transformed farmers had many agricultural cooperatives and living cooperatives at the time of the entry, but, for the sale, the ratios of person of merchandising increased together now.
In order to increase the number of organic farmers, establishment of organic farming technology and improvement of support system such as training place are required.
