Rural systematic research on the cultivation methods and the reproduction processes of Japanese Agriculture

负责人和合作研究人员在本学年，即该项目的结束年研究了他们的课题。1997年3月发表了“日本农业的耕作方法和再生产过程的农村系统研究”，这是一项为期3年的研究成果，结果证实了耕作类型和再生产过程的农村系统方法的有效性。证实了农村各因素之间存在着密切的联系研究结果包括水稻生产、畜牧业、园艺业、农村社会经济、全国范围内耕作方式的变化、水稻生产中的栽培方式和繁殖过程与农业生产力的退化同步发生动态变化，资源和农场的多样化。方法和过程通常变得广泛。相当大面积的土地资源因农业生产而枯竭。相反，我们确实看到，随着农村制度的变化，在某些地区，稻米生产的新方法和新工艺有了积极的发展。这些负/正变化也表现在其他农业部门和各个地区，例如日本的农村、郊区或边缘地区以及国外地区。将通过生殖过程的可持续性和农村社区的可持续性来维持可持续的农村系统。

The head and the co-researchers studied on their topics in this academic year, the end year of this project. The head published "Rural systematic research on the cultivation methods and the reproduction processes of Japanese Agriculture", the result of three year research, in March, 1997.The results confirmed the availability of rural systematic approach to cultivation types and reproduction processes. It was confirmed that there is close relationship among the various rural factors (including non-agricultural ones), cultivation types and reproduction processes.The result consists from the studies about rice production, herding, horticulture, socio-economy of rural areas, changes in cultivation methods in national scale, and studies in foreign areas.Cultivation methods and reproduction processes in rice production have changed dynamically parallel with degradation of agricultural resources and diversification of farms. The methods and processes generally become extensive. Considerable area of land resource have been expired from agricultural production. On the contrary we certainly observed the positive development of new methods and processes in rice production, on some areas, following the changes in rural system. Those negative/positive changes also manifested in other farming sectors, and in various region, such as rural, suburban, or fringe areas in Japan, and foreign areas. Sustainable rural systems will be maintained through the sustainability of reproduction processes and the sustainability of rural community.