2016 年 87 巻 4 号 p. 359-364
The objective of this study was to analysis the factors that lead to environment-frindly agriculture being adopted and to reveal which attributes of the rural community influence the adoption of environment-friendly agriculture. To examine coefficient between the ratio of environment-friendly agriculture and several environmental indices in Ibaraki Prefecture, we used small area statistics and GIS. The study concluded that environment-friendly agriculture is adapted in rural communities which have medium farm size, have young and full-time workers, have multi-farm enterprises and are located where many farmers live and have adapted to the climate in summer.