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.

在该项目的第一年，我调查了日本志加县的当前可持续农业促销政策以及可持续农业实践的好处。数据是从与112名水稻农民的问卷调查中获得的，并在2023年7月至11月在三个城市进行了六个关键信息的深入访谈。另一方面，还从这些被调查地区的八个帕迪田中收集了土壤样本。这项研究的结果报道说，志加县的可持续水稻养殖带来了环境益处，尤其是土壤肥力。另一方面，与从长远来看的传统农业和区域农民的可持续农业动机相比，每10A的生产降低37.4千克面临的挑战。面临可持续水稻养殖的低益处的几个挑战，消费量的下降以及销售价格低的挑战，水稻农民现在正在逐渐减少其耕地，供大米，并转移到其他农作物，例如麦角或大豆，这些农作物可能带来更高的收益。其他一些人则部分与传统的水稻养殖（即，用于订书食品，加工大米，喂食大米），部分地在其农田上实施了可持续的水稻养殖。可持续农业的直接付款计划不足以支持生态农民。最近，该政策已更新，以促进大米转换为其他大米品种和其他战略作物。同时，它为水稻农民及其决策带来了巨大挑战。