Understanding the Present Situation of Local Supply and consumption of Agricultural Products from the Aspect Acquisition and Utilization by Local People

Yoshino, Katsumi; Katayama, Chie; Morofuji, Kyoko

doi:10.7310/arfe1965.44.449

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“…The farm products are for self-consumption and sharing within the community. As has been observed in farming communities (Yoshino et al 2010), farm products are shared among the inhabitants in Village A. Among the 57 households that responded, there were 31 households that did farming, but almost all households (53 households) answered that they enjoy local vegetables through self-production or sharing.…”

Section: Farming For Self-sustenance: Case Study Of Village a With Sloping Upland Fieldsmentioning

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Farming in Fishing Communities in Japan Case Study in the Sanriku Region

Yoshino

Kawaguchi

2020

J. Asian Rural Stud.

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Farming in fishing communities has been little investigated in Japan up to now. Agriculture and fisheries are sectionalized and treated as different industries, and the farming situations in fishing households have not been studied statistically since 2003. For this paper, the ways in which farming in Japanese fishing communities has changed was investigated. Farming in fishing communities will be described, looking at cases from the Sanriku region, and the meaning of farming in fishing communities will be explored. According to the fisheries census, 68% of fishing households owned farmland in 1953. In 2003, only 11% of fishing households were also engaged in farming (hereinafter referred to as fishing-cum-farming households). In the Sanriku region, fishing-cum-farming households were more than 80% of farming households in 1968. By 2003, the percentages had decreased to 15% and below. For fishing-cum-farming households, whether one owns paddy fields or not is significant because rice has been the dominant staple food in Japan. It was fortunate for fishermen to live in communities where paddies could be cultivated, but paddy fields were owned by a limited number of households. The total area of paddy fields increased as the northern limit of paddy production was extended.

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Section: Farming For Self-sustenance: Case Study Of Village a With Sloping Upland Fieldsmentioning

confidence: 84%