JOURNAL OF RURAL SOCIETY AND ECONOMICS
Online ISSN : 2187-3933
Print ISSN : 2187-297X
ISSN-L : 2187-297X
The current condition of municipality measures against wildlife damage and farmers' evaluation.
Yuzi NAGATOSatoshi YOSHINAKA
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2011 Volume 29 Issue 2 Pages 50-55

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This paper clarified following two points. Firstly, present situation of against the wildlife damage measures that administration adopted. Secondly, analyzed the farmers' evaluation of measures through questionnaire survey.
Firstly, in Nishimeya Village, Aomori Prefecture, farmers had different understanding about the current measures. It was assumed that the information of the measures had not been used commonly by majority farmers.
Secondly, in evaluating the efficiency of the measures, some farmers pointed out that they were not practicing the measures; moreover, they complained that some request for support from the village had not been admitted.
Thirdly, about raising the efficiency of the measures, such as through building electric fence and relative maintenance, the participating degree from aged farmers was low.The current fact is, farmers have to pay for the erection expense. Therefore, it is also consumed that, fearing the burden, even though some aged farmers wish to participate; they would not have the ability to afford the expense.

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