中山間地域農業の課題と振興策 : 石川県の中山間地事例を中心として

Abstract

According to statistics, the character of Hill Farming Areas is a rapid trend towards depopulation and aging. Agricultural population and agricultural land have decreased in size and abandoned cultivated land have increased. Decreasing of agricultural population and wasting of farm land are big problems in this areas. As a result of analyzing rice production costs, there are many factors of high cost at Hill Farming Areas. Specially yield and labor cost per unit are main cause of disadvantage. On the other hand, as land rent is plus factor, the farmer will be able to reduce the disadvantage by management efforts with progress of land readjustment. In future, it is important for the promotion of Hill Farm Areas to breed progressive farmers with close connection between rural community and JA groups which have adjustment of using agricultural land and advancing diversified farming. But it is necessary to support the part which farmer can't resolve by management efforts because of condition of locating by synthetic measure including the way outside agriculture.