土地利用型転作部門の収益性改善に関する事例研究

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This paper deals with the low-income ratio of farmers in Toyosato, Kita Village in Hokkaido, Japan. Unprofitable farmers decided to change their management approach, and this paper is an analysis of the conditions that regional farmers faced while making the changes. Of special interest are the countermeasures paddy field farms used while working as a cooperative in an attempt to increase their income ratio. These countermeasures, which suited the regional climate, allowed the farmers to us crop rotation system incorporating rice, beans and wheat. They developed an all-purpose combine harvester that can harvest the three crops. This lead to improved efficiency bean cultivation. This paper points to three major factors ; first is they choose profitable crops under the Japanese government's crop transition bonus policy. The second is that they were able to proceed with community activities, and thirdly that they were able to adapt cooperative systems available to farmers. In addition there have been further achievements. The first is bean cultivation spread in the community through a newly founded organization. Secondly this successful method of bean cultivation was applied to other crops, and thirdly, the farmers were able to choose the most profitable crops.
北海道大学の論文
2003-03-28