Socio-economic characteristic of the agriculture and communities

本研究旨在从农业管理、农产品流通渠道建设以及农业在区域经济中的作用三个不同的角度，考察日本偏远地区农业和社区的社会经济特征。基于以上三个观点，在研究的第一年，我们对北海道的Abashiri地区和冲绳的石垣岛进行了实地调查，以发现日本这些典型的偏远地区的社会经济特征。第二年，我们对上述两个方面进行了补充研究，并召开了实地调研成果总结会议。在最后一年，我们仔细审查和组织了每个研究人员在会议上提交的结果，并做了一份报告，由以下四个部分组成。本报告第一部分：审议偏远地区农业和社区的各种社会经济特征所产生的影响。本报告的第二部分：考察偏远地区农业经营的独特性。本报告的第三部分：关于偏远地区当地社区结构的讨论。本报告第四部分：构建新型农产品流通渠道的基本条件研究。

This research is intended to investigate the socio-economic characteristic of the agriculture and communities on remote areas in Japan, from three different viewpoints : agricultural management, construction of distribution channel for agricultural products, and the role of agriculture for a regional economy.Based on above three viewpoints, on the first year of this research, we conducted a field research on Abashiri area (in Hokkaido) and Ishigaki Island (in Okinawa) to discover the socio-economic characteristics of these typical remote areas in Japan. On the second year, we performed a supplementary research on above two areas and held a meeting for summing up the results of field researches. On the final year, we scrutinized and organized the results presented from each researcher on the meeting, and made a report that was consisted of following four parts.1. The first part of this report : Consideration about the implication of the variety of socio-economic characteristic of the agriculture and communities on remote areas.2. The second part of this report : Examination about the uniqueness of agricultural management on remote areas.3. Third part of this report : Discussion about the structure of the local community on remote areas.4. The fourth part of this report : Studies about the basic conditions on constructing a new distribution channel for agricultural products.