Study on Construction of New Technical Framework for Farm Land Consolidation Methods, Based on “Land Readjustment of Farm Land” by Shinzawa and Koide

Abstract

Japan's agricultural sector is at a major historical turning point. In response to changes in agricultural technology and the difficulty in sustaining the self-produced farming system created by the Agrarian Reform after the second World War, a new cultivated land development method is necessary. There is a need for new technical frame works for land consolidation. The land consolidation method, which is a historical concept, refers to the process adopted by farmers to adapt cultivated land conditions to adapt cultivated land conditions to suit current requirements. In this study, we examined the book “Land Readjustment of Farm Land” by Kagato Shinzawa and Susumu Koide, which presented a new technical view in the turbulent post-war period to address this issue. The goal of this study is to evaluate future land consolidation technology issues from several perspectives. First, the characteristics of the techniques, methods, and methodologies presented in the book are elucidated. Subsequently, the significance and issues of the technological view suggested in the book are discussed. A new technical framework for land consolidation is then suggested．