2020 Volume 38 Issue 1 Pages 8-17
Looking back on the current state of agricultural recovery in Miyagi Prefecture after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and looking back various issues and responses that occurred in the process, mainly focus on the reconstruction of farmland, irrigation and drainage facilities. In order to proceed with the restoration, it is necessary to urgently restore and restore agricultural infrastructure such as farmland and agricultural water use facilities. Moreover, it was necessary to solve the problems of agriculture and rural areas so far, triggered by reconstruction. During the process of restoration, there were various issues such as technology, subsidy program, land use, and consensus building. Experts who confronted the disaster recovery site tried to respond to social demands by providing solutions to the difficulties that occur one after another in the wake of the disaster under the constraints of the law and the subsidy program. In addition, the experts in charge created practical measures, ideas, awareness, lessons learned, wisdom, etc. for the problem at hand, and responded to various situations by repeating the process of overcoming difficult situations. Furthermore, in the subsidy program in Reconstruction Grant, large-scale farmland consolidation and large-size agricultural machinery were introduced at the same time. This initiatives are noteworthy both in restoring agriculture and in demonstrating the benefits of large plots at an early stage. Looking back on these matters will be useful as a preparation for anticipated large disasters such as the Nankai Trough Earthquake and frequent heavy rain disasters.
