農業者教育施設の歴史と新農業大学校について : 京都府における農業大学校を中心として

Abstract

Shortage of successors to farm managers has been a serious problem. But no fundamental solution to this problem has been instituted. Agricultural extension system has tackled this problem based on the farmers' college, but not much success has been attained. The reasons for this failure are as follows: (1) The objectives of the college are, educating farm managers and training specialists, and thus the farmers' college could not specialize in one objective. (2) The most of the students come from nonfarms or part-time farms. (3) The sizes of the farms where the students come are too small. The directions to improve the farmers' college are as follows: (1) The establishment of an education course for farm managers in newly reclamated Areas constructed by government programs. (2) Education of agricultural specialists for local governments, agricultural organizations, and agribusinesses who can contribute to the revitalization of rural area.