Abstract
Providing education has been considered one of the many functions of agriculture since the 2000s. Today, experiencing agriculture at schools has become widespread, with agricultural experience learning implemented in nearly 80% of public elementary schools as of FY 2009.
However, no nationwide survey has been conducted on the status of implementing agricultural experience learning after 2009. Therefore, the status of its implementation after 2010 remains unknown. This study surveyed public elementary schools nationwide based on the 2009 survey. It found that the implementation rate of agricultural experience learning was 80.4%（n=509）in 2009 and approximately 20% lower than this rate in 2021（59.7%; n=457），indicating that the implementation rate is decreasing．
