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Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Market for Organic Products: An Empirical Analysis in Shiga Prefecture, Japan

可持续农业实践和有机产品市场：日本滋贺县的实证分析

基本信息

批准号：
22K14958
负责人：
HO TAM
金额：
$ 1.75万
依托单位：
Ritsumeikan University
依托单位国家：
日本
项目类别：
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
日本
起止时间：
2022-04-01 至 2024-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K14958/
关键词：
sustainable agriculture rice farming promotion policy farmers consumers decision-making environmental policy behavioral economic rice production organic food

项目摘要

In the first year of the project, I investigated the current promotion policies for sustainable agriculture and the benefits of sustainable agricultural practices in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The data were obtained from a questionnaire survey with 112 rice farmers and in-depth interviews with six key informants in three cities from July to November 2023. On the other hand, soil samples were also collected from eight paddy fields in these surveyed areas. The result of this research reported that sustainable rice farming in Shiga Prefecture brings the environmental benefits, especially soil fertility. On the other hand, it faces challenges concerning for to lower productivity of 37.4 kg per 10a compared to conventional farming and regional farmers’ motivation for sustainable agriculture in the long term. Facing several challenges of low benefits of sustainable rice farming, a decline in consumption, and low selling prices, rice farmers now are gradually reducing their cultivated land for rice and shifting to other crops like wheat or soybeans which can bring higher benefits. Some others are partially implementing sustainable rice farming on their farmland in combination with conventional rice farming (i.e., for staple food, processing rice, feeding rice). The direct payment schemes for sustainable agriculture become insufficient for supporting eco-farmers. Recently, that policy has been updated to promote the conversion of rice to other rice varieties and other strategic crops. Simultaneously, it generates big challenges for rice farmers and their decision-making.

在项目的第一年，我调查了日本滋贺县当前的可持续农业促进政策以及可持续农业实践的好处。数据来源于2023年7月至11月对三个城市的112名稻农进行的问卷调查以及对6个关键知情人的深度访谈。另一方面，还从这些调查地区的8个稻田采集了土壤样本。这项研究的结果表明，滋贺县的可持续水稻种植带来了环境效益，特别是土壤肥力。另一方面，与传统农业相比，其生产力每10年降低37.4公斤，而且从长远来看，该地区农民对可持续农业的积极性也面临挑战。面对可持续水稻种植效益低、消费下降、销售价格低等挑战，稻农们正在逐渐减少水稻耕地，转向种植小麦、大豆等其他效益更高的作物。其他一些人正在其农田上部分实施可持续稻米种植，与传统稻米种植相结合（即用于主食、加工稻米、饲养稻米）。可持续农业的直接支付计划不足以支持生态农民。最近，该政策已更新，以促进水稻向其他水稻品种和其他战略作物的转变。同时，它给稻农及其决策带来了巨大的挑战。