過疎山村の高齢者の草刈り作業に関する支援(総合科学系)

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Aging of farmers in Japan have increased abandoned field and food selfsufficiency ratio has decreased. Thus, agricultural machines are necessary for the elderly farmers because of the decline of their physical strength and muscular power. At the same time the machines should keep their safety. One of them, the bush cutter can remove weeds in the field, however it can sometimes injure the farmers by the rotary blade. In addition, it is dangerous to work at the sloping ground in mountainous area because the farmers might fall by slipping on the weeds. Nevertheless some farmers do not wear safety equipments such as the protectors and the eye guard during the job. Burden of most farmers in the middle mountainous area is not small because of shortage of man power and they cannot keep their successor. Thus they have made their farm rough against their will. This study verified the necessity of safety provision and conditions for elderly people and shows the necessity of human support for the elderly farmers.
長野県短期大学の論文