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A Case Study of Dorani Homestay at a Paddy Village in Selangor
Binti Ramele Rohaslinda, Juichi Yamazaki
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
161-166
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This study clarifies the potential of Malaysia Homestay Program at Malay Peninsula, in the current rural development policy on increasing the rural economy and tourism industry. Findings reveal the characteristics of this homestay program, focusing on selected case study of Dorani Homestay in Dorani Village at Selangor. These characteristics are clarified based on participation of government ministries, the concept of ‘lifestyle experience’, community participation, and regional identity.
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Rina TANAKA, Shizuka HASHIMOTO, Satoshi HOSHINO, Natsuki SHIMIZU, Yasu ...
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
167-172
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This study focused on Subjective Well-Being(SWB) of residents in rural area, and investigated how SWB of residents and its determinants differ between areas with different features. We employed the capital approach in this study to analyze how combinations of different capitals would influence on residents' SWB. The city of Nantan was chosen as a case study area, which was divided into three parts (urban/suburban/rural area) using statistical data. Then we compared the mean SWB of residents, and conducted multiple regression analysis to identify which factor had significant effect on SWB of residents in each area. Our analysis clarified that personal factors such as income and health status had similar effect on SWB in all areas while factors related to living circumstances such as road conditions and trust in neighbors had different effect among areas.
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A Case Study in Rural Area, Andhra Pradesh, India
Kyoko MATSUMOTO, Satoshi HOSHINO, Shizuka HASHIMOTO, Natsuki SHIMIZU
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
173-178
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This study dealt with characteristics and factors in sustaining management of drinking water in communities. Based on the survey, time and quantity of water is very limited in rural area, and competition for water is high. Quantity of water that a water user can use depends on the price the user pay. For people who can not pay water bill, there is a common tap from where anyone can get water. To sustain management of drinking water, all residents need to participate in decision-making process. They need have ownership and try to strengthen co-management with the government.
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Takanobu HAMASAKA
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
179-184
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In this paper we evaluate the facility for recycling biomass in Hita City Oita Prefecture from economical and environmental viewpoints. We calculate the volume of greenhouse gas emission in operating by using Life Cycle Assessment in operating this facility. This paper also clears the relationship between the volume of greenhouse gas emission and running cost and indicates the possibility to improve financial condition. The system to recycle biomass in Hita City discharges less greenhouse gas than incineration plant and sewage works. It is shown that the effort of Hita City has environmental and economical significant.
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Ryohei Yamashita
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
185-190
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In this research, I diagnosed the rural invigoration project that was producing an indigenous good and selling it at farm stand by Contingent valuation method. This questionnaire results showed following points. At first, a farm stand had a conditional effect for customer. Second, the willingness to pay of elder was higher than that of young people. Third, citizen's willingness to pay (WTP) was enhanced by experience of participation to environmental or agricultural activity. However, simplified provision of information about environmental value of SATOYAMA to consumers had only a slight effect on WTP.
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Mai ONISHI, Kyohei MATSUSHITA, Katsunobu SHIRAKAWA, Mahito KAMADA
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
191-196
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Consciousness of residents on grassland conservation is clarified by conjoint analysis at Ungetsu region, Hiroshima Prefecture. Our results show that 1) WTP for keeping grassland area is ¥2257 for the residents and higher in younger people, 2) persons who have little children think to keep the grassland as a place of education and wildlife habitat, while persons with high education think as the habitat, 4) representatives in the region expect officers to act, persons who have many friends in the region expect volunteers and persons who acquaint with researchers expect specialist. The results are applicable to establish realistic plan of grassland conservation.
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Sera ABE, Shinji YAMAMOTO
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
197-202
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This paper aims to review the reconstruction process of organizational systems, lumber production systems, forest management systems of the Kamaishi Forestry Cooperative that were affected by the East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami and study the elements that are required for local communities to attain disaster resilience based on them. This case study, as previous studies did, identified the partnership between human networks and local communities as a crucial factor. It further found that the high standard of the cooperative's pre-disaster operations in lumber production and forest management prompted their reconstruction.
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A Case of Kamaishi, Iwate
Yuuki SASAKI, Junichi HIROTA, huto WADA
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
203-208
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In the revival period after the disaster, the inhabitants of the suffering district will disperse. Therefore, weakening, disappearance of the conventional community might happen. Therefore we interviewed it for the thirty neighborhood association of Kamaishi, Iwate. Survey item is a situation the distribution of members of the neighborhood association, a change in settlement activity before and after the earthquake, consultation with government towards reconstruction. As a result, it was revealed that the inhabitants is dispersed throughout the city, some neighborhood associations are dormant and there is a problem in terms of consultation between government and neighborhood associations.
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A Case Study in Moune, Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture
Taiyo YAGASAKI, Tomohiro ICHINOSE
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
209-214
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This study attempts to find out the regional memory and image shared by residents before the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011. Oral histories were obtained by conducting interviews in a small community of Moune in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture from March through December, 2012. Two analyses, the correspondence analysis based on text mining and the spatial analysis using GIS, were applied to the oral histories of seventeen residents. The regional image and memory before the earthquake were thus extracted, which help local residents to plan and implement community-based reconstruction.
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With S County of H Province as an Example
Xiaoman LUO, Eiji YAMAJI
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
215-220
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This study focuses on the land problems during small scale town development in China. By investigating 3 towns in S county, 4 main problems were found: (1) the conflict between the protection of farmland and urbanization. (2) the problems regarding rural land circulation. (3) the problems with urban planning. (4) the compensations to the farmers, whose land are acquisited by the goverment, can not meet their requirments. By analyzing the different situations in the 3 towns, the authors argue that a town like C located remotely with poor industry conditions is not necessary or suitable to be urbanized now.
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Eun-il SON, Satoshi HOSHINO, Duhan KIM
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
221-226
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The Korean Revitalization Project was to reflect radical changes in the idea and philosophy of rural development. The Revitalization Project which started in 2005 was terminated in 2010. Accordingly, this paper aims to evaluate the policy model outcomes of Revitalization Project. To accomplish this study purpose, 173 response samples from 70 cities and counties were collected. According to the verifications of study model I and II, the endogenous rural development is achieved after the revitalization of local economy through the establishment of promotion system and the local innovation capability strengthening.
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Focused on Actions of Alps village Steering Committee in Cheonjang-ri Located in Depopulated Rural Area of Korea
Duhan KIM, Juichi YAMAZAKI
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
227-232
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In this paper, the goal to improve resident capacity is investigated through Associate Alps village steering committee with people or groups inside and outside Cheonjang-ri. It is important to improve the ability of the members of Alps village steering committee directly. But on the other hand, it has been discovered that solving the problems would require professional help for depopulated rural village community development by Associate Main Progress Group, just like Alps village steering committee with people or group inside and outside.
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Case Study of the Northern Region of Changhua County, Taiwan
Wanhui HUANG, Shizuka HASHIMOTO, Satoshi HOSHINO, Yasuaki Kuki, Natsuk ...
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
233-238
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In Taiwan, decontamination of heavy-metal polluted land has been conducted since 2000 under the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act. About eighty percent of the polluted-farmland has been decontaminated successfully since then. However, it has been reported that some of the farmlands have been kept idle even after the decontamination treatments. The objective of this study is to identify factors affecting re-cultivation of the contaminated-farmland after the decontamination treatments, through questionnaire survey and geographical information system (GIS).
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A Case Study in Community's Rural Rejuvenation Plans Based on Rural Rejuvenation Act
Chung-jung WANG, Yasuaki KUKI, Satoshi HOSHINO, Shizuka HASHIMOTO
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
239-244
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This study aims to clarify the features of community plans based on the “Rural Rejuvenation Act”(RRA), choosing Miaoli county of Taiwan as a case study area. We scrutinized planning documents made by national and county government and conducted interview to government officials who take charge in Rural Rejuvenation. As a result, we clarified two features: 1) the form of planning document is developed by the government but contents are different from community to community, combining various hard and soft programs to deal with varying characteristics of local communities. 2) Although most of plans combines both hard and soft programs in a comprehensive manner, they put more emphasis on the hard programs such as industry promotion, landscape, conservation of environmental and cultural properties as well as traditional buildings.
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Influence of Place Attachment in the Context of Sense of Community Theory
Takako SASAKI, Satoshi HOSHINO, Shizuka HASHIMOTO, Natsuki SHIMIZU
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
245-250
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This is a case study of community development(CD) by the Tayal's settlement in Taiwan to clarify a relation between the council and the church, which lead CD in the settlement. Applying sense of community, we clarified differences of residents' consciousness between associations. First, we identified 2 dimensions of SOC: SOC for community -place attachment, support and annoying-, and SOC for participation-aggressiveness-. Next, we compared correlation coefficient of residents' consciousness and SOCs. Results revealed that place attachment supported CD, while after solving a problem, it changed to a feeling of reliance to leaders and hamper to improve common feelings.
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Focus especially on each management such as leveling surface soil etc.
Sho SUZUKI, Masao MAKIYAMA
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
251-256
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In this study, we determined the relationship between paddy field management and the surface drainage rate using computer simulation. The results were as follows: i) By leveling surface soil to improve the leveling accuracy, the remaining water volume reduced, but the surface drainage rate did not increase considerably. ii) When the ground surface was inclined or had temporary ditches, the remaining water volume reduced and the surface drainage rate improved. iii) The drainage outlets set at adequate intervals did not decrease the surface drainage rate considerably, even if the size of the paddy fields was increased. iv) Temporary ditches were one of the most excellent methods for increasing the surface drainage rate.
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Shinsuke HARUTA, Ban SUGATA, Yuji NAKAYA
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
257-262
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Fifteen kinds of pharmaceuticals were measured for the influent and the reclaimed wastewater in the actual five plants of rural sewerage. While all kinds of pharmaceuticals were detected in all water samples, almost all of the concentrations in the reclaimed wastewater were lower than the influent wastewater in almost all plants employing activated sludge process. These results indicate the pharmaceuticals removal function in the plants. While the tendency between influent and reclaimed waster was also observed for the biofilm process plant, it was lesser certain than activated sludge plants. Except Ketoprofen (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug), all of the pharmaceuticals concentrations in the reclaimed wastewater was estimated as the no risk for aquatic ecosystem. From the results, the further researches on Ketoprofen in the biofilm plants would be significance.
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A Case study on the “Yamizo Shishimaru” project of Nakagawa town, Tochigi Pref.
Satoshi Osawa, Yukina Shimizu
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
263-268
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The project which uses the wild boar meat by the measure against wildlife damage of Nakagawa town as a local specialty was investigated. The opportunity of the project originated in the dense relation between the local administration and a hunting group. In order to solve the subject of the area, administration was promoting the project by the implementation structure which connected each sector. The increase in a hunter's hunting volition and strengthening of a sense of solidarity with a local activity, and promotion of the eagerness to sell of the specialty by the wild boar meat of a retail store were accepted as a result of this project.
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Case of Soybean and Rice Plant Damage Caused by Sika Deer
Daisuke NAKAMURA, Yasuo MATSUMOTO
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
269-274
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This paper aims to examine farmer's tolerance toward crop damage caused by sika deer in Shirakawa-cho, Gifu prefecture where damage is not so serious. We conducted 1) field survey and 2) questionnaire to residents including farmer. Consequently, 38 farmlands were damaged by deer, and 80.1% of questionnaire was responded. We used structural equation modeling for estimated causal relationship toward farmer's tolerance and then explored best fitting model by using fit indices. Farmer's negative image to deer positively influenced farmer's tolerance, but damage perception and frequency of farmwork did not.
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Full Picture in Eastern Japan, and Case of Faithful Dog Business in Nagiso Town of Nagano Prefecture
Kaoru YAMAGUCHI, Eiji YAMAJI
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
275-280
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The objective of this study is to investigate how residents evaluate the roles of dogs that scare away wild monkeys in East Japan district. Based on the primary survey, the fact that large number of dogs has been domesticated and evaluations on the dogs have been found in Nagiso. So, the detailed questionnaires survey was performed among the residents of Nagiso to reveal the effect of dogs to chase the wild monkeys. The result shows that the dogs were effective in reducing the damages by wild animals and it makes the residents to communicate each other more.
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A Case Study of Kinki Area
Tomoya KISHIOKA, Shizuka HASHIMOTO, Satoshi HOSHINO, Yasuaki KUKI, Nat ...
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
281-286
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We tried to identify problems of wildlife management from the viewpoint of co-management. Questionnaire survey was employed to clarify excess and deficiency of coping-abilities of municipal governments: knowledge, skills, manpower and budget for wildlife management. As a result, we found that many municipalities had enough budget over the area of damage control with supports from prefectural government. However, we also found that manpower, knowledge and skill are still lacking to effectively deal with wildlife management. From this result, we suggest that a government and prefecture have to support in the area of securing staff resources and acquiring skill in municipalities.
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Yuichi HIROSE, Hisashi KOBAYASHI, Takeo SHIMA
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
287-292
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This study consider effect of determining factor of preference of Irrigation Water Wheels (IWWs) on determining factor of participating motive of conservation action for IWWs. According to questionnaire, Group1 evaluates both preference and participating motive affirmatively, and Group2 evaluates preference affirmatively but participating motive evaluates negatively. The relationship preference to participating motive can explain in this model which integrated psychology process model with evaluation structure model. In Group1, many of determinants of preference influenced the determinant of motive. In both groups, judgment that IWWs has ‘Regionality’ affected both preference and motive.
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An acceptance level of an electric power quality on condition of renewable energy introduction
Kyoko SHIRAHASE, Hisashi KOBAYASHI
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
293-298
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Dealing with Renewable Energy Resources (RERs) requires sophisticated design and operation along with state of the art technologies. Among many possible ways for handling RERs, to examine a possibility on Demand Response (DR) of power system, a questionnaire survey of an acceptable condition to electricity power out was conducted. As a result, answers of not accept outage were increased in case of more times and longer duration of power out. In addition, the percentage of accepting outage was clearly higher in women compared to men and higher in persons taking the energy-saving action compared to persons not taking the action. Such findings were considered to be useful for analyzing relationships between quality of electricity and price, and/or studying demand side management under decentralized renewable energy supply system.
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Case Study of Kouzaki District, Kameoka-city, Kyoto Prefecture
Shogo NAKAMURA, Satoshi HOSHINO, Kazu Hagihara, Shizuka HASHIMOTO, Yas ...
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
299-304
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Recently, Japanese agricultural and rural development projects initiated by national and local governments have increasingly begun to rely on collective participation by the community to be successful. These projects often need to establish activity organization which requires participation of various actors in community. We attempted to identify the characteristics of activity organization by social network method and questionnaire survey which was collected from Kouzaki District in Kameoka city, Kyoto prefecture. As a result, it was suggested that they have different aspects from the viewpoint of Social Network and Social Capital. Especially, and there is core group which performs important role in the activity organization. In addition, we confirmed that core organization has more Social Capital than other local organizations.
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Case Study in Yachiyo Town and Surrounding
Satoshi GUNJI
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
305-310
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From the point of view that local farmers which wish to use Foreign Intern Training System will increase, this case study clarified overview of business cooperatives' receiving of Foreign Intern Trainees from three interviews for farmers as implementing organization, business cooperatives as supervising organization and Chinese sending organization. These interviews showed that business cooperatives tend to respond farmers' request, and JAs and business cooperatives are segregated depend on farmers' scale.
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A Case study of Young Farmer's Successors in Okunoto Region, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Junko Kanzaki, Mio Horiuchi
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
311-316
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The purpose of this study is to clarify the problem of farm succession in the region of Less-favored and depopulation aging areas. Interviews were conducted to farmer young successors in Okunoto region, Ishikawa Prefecture about succession process and the changes in the content of the farmer management before and after successor's starting participation in agriculture. As a result, it was found that these farmers were not only they were even the family farm and extended resources, but also promoted the Sixth Industry and made cooperative relationships with neighboring farmers and others.
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Takeo Kubo
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
317-322
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This analysis focuses on successors at agricultural production corporations, and particularly on their current working status, based on which we summarize the challenges that these successors face with regard to acquiring abilities and skills relating to agricultural production and business aspects of the corporation. We review the various issues that arise in the course of training these individuals as successors at agricultural production corporations and the methods used for resolving these issues.
A difference exists between the work environment provided by agricultural production corporations and the working conditions sought by successors in that the corporations tend to prioritize facility improvements and so forth, whereas successors tend to seek better systems regarding their salary and insurance benefits. Therefore, these areas will need to be improved in order to secure and train successors.
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An Empirical Analysis in Tokyo Metropolis Prefecture
Hironori Yagi
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
323-328
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The relation of site location and demand for the farm experience provided by urban farms is examined with the combination of questionnaire survey to the plot users and Small Area (Cho and Aza) Statistics of Population Census in Japan. Observation shows most users reside within 2km distance from the plots. The result of the log-linear estimation indicates that about 0.5% users are expected from the total residents live within 250m distance. Competition with closer sites reduces the demand for distant one although no such relation with adjacent allotment gardens was found.
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Especially, from the standpoints of current state of vacant facilities and planning for further construction
Masao MAKIYAMA, Norifumi HOSOYA, Mami INOUE
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
329-334
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In this study, we examined the regional distribution of stay-type allotment gardens (known as kleingartens, KGs) and their stay facilities, particularly from the perspectives of the current state of vacant facilities and planning for further construction. The results were as follows: 1) A considerable number of KGs and stay facilities are located in Nagano and Hyogo Prefectures. In particular, several KGs with a lot of stay facilities were constructed in Nagano Prefecture at the early stage; this affects current situation. 2) There were 22 KGs with vacant facilities in the fiscal year 2011. However, we could not explain the situation of vacant facilities only on the basis of the location density of the KGs' stay facilities. 3) Two indices were introduced to evaluate the location density of the KGs' stay facilities: the number of facilities within a specific range and the sum total index of KGs' facilities used by every 1000 people aged approximately 60 years. Using the latter index, an example that examined further construction in Kyushu was presented.
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A case study of blueberry farm in Tsukuba, Ibaraki pref., Japan
Hidetsugu MORIMOTO
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2013 Volume 32 Issue Special_Issue Pages
335-340
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In terms of efficiencies of receiving pickers and shipping yields, we suggested how to improve management of agritourism with DEA targeting blueberry farm in Tsukuba city, Ibaraki prefecture in Japan. As the results, the almost farms are effectively able to receive the pickers and to ship productions in appropriate scale for themselves. Through this research, DEA is at least an advantage analysis tool for facilitation of regional development with agriculture, which has to enhance it in cooperating with each other, because it can indicate how to set vector to improve the management.
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