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abstract: 'Traditional agricultural practice in the Saga plain was formerly a
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combination of paddy rice, which was the main crop, and wheat/barley,
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which was the secondary crop. However, when production adjustments to
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paddy rice started in the 1970s, the original agricultural practice was
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changed to a combination of paddy rice and a rotating crop of soybeans
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along with a secondary crop of wheat/barley. Further, since the 1970s,
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issues such as competition between agricultural land use and urban land
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use, income disparity between agricultural and non-agricultural
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employment, and a shortage of farming successors became serious, which
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in turn caused great difficulty in sustaining agriculture and farmland.
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Under such circumstances, farmers in the Saga plain started to develop
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rural community-based farming as a strategy to sustain agriculture and
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farmland, as well as to manage the harvesting and drying process of
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rice, wheat/barley, and soybean collaboratively. Consequently, the block
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rotation system of cultivating paddy rice and soybeans together with
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shared use of rice planting and harvesting machines progressed and
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agriculture and farmland that combined rice, wheat/barley, and soybeans
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in the region tended to survive. On the other hand, due to a lack of
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leadership, community cohesion, and full-time farmers, some rural
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community-based farms began to be converted into agricultural
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corporations as another strategy. This strategy was encouraged by a new
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national agricultural policy. There were also farmers who did not
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participate in rural community-based farming, and many of them were
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full-time farmers who functioned as certified farmers. Such full-time
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farmers have expanded the scale of managing arable land by purchasing
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and leasing farmland (paddy field) from part-time farmers, both inside
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and outside the region, with the intention of securing successors to
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carry on agriculture. Thus, large-scale rice farmers gradually
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amalgamated the paddy fields of part-time farmers and expanded the scale
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of agricultural management. There were two types of large-scale
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farmer-farmers maintaining relationships with rural community-based
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farming and agricultural cooperatives such as JA, and independent
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farmers who had a tendency to become agricultural corporations. The
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decision to become an agricultural corporation was largely influenced by
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several key factors including the existence of a successor to continue
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farming, managerial skills of business operators, and the level of the
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family workforce of farmers. In other words, as a result of securing
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successors, large-scale rice farmers could start businesses such as
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drying preparation facilities, and build their own sales networks.
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Further, in order to control substantial production costs, the family
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workforce was used for production, processing, clerical work, and sales
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promotions. As a result, agriculture in the Saga plain was supported by
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rural community-based farming, independent large-scale paddy farmers,
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and large-scale paddy farmers incorporated into agricultural
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organizations, and these divisions of the management strategy were based
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on the degree of agricultural labor and community bonding forces. A
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series of distinctive strategies largely contributed to the survival and
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development of agriculture and farmland in the Saga plain.'
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affiliation: 'Kikuchi, T (Corresponding Author), Tokyo Metropolitan Univ, Grad Sch
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Urban Environm Sci, Hachioji, Tokyo 1920397, Japan.
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Kikuchi, Toshio, Tokyo Metropolitan Univ, Grad Sch Urban Environm Sci, Hachioji,
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Tokyo 1920397, Japan.
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Tabayashi, Akira, Univ Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058572, Japan.'
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author: Kikuchi, Toshio and Tabayashi, Akira
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author_list:
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- family: Kikuchi
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given: Toshio
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- family: Tabayashi
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given: Akira
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.5026/jgeography.128.209
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eissn: 1884-0884
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files: []
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issn: 0022-135X
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journal: JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY-CHIGAKU ZASSHI
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keywords: 'paddy farming; community-based farming; agricultural corporation;
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large-scale rice farm; Saga Plain'
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language: Japanese
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number: 2, SI
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number-of-cited-references: '20'
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pages: 209-233
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papis_id: 2bad51a8cb65668fb6572589a1897424
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ref: Kikuchi2019strategiessustaining
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times-cited: '3'
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title: Strategies for Sustaining and Developing Paddy Farming in the Saga Plain, Southwestern
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Japan
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000471604500005
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '3'
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volume: '128'
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web-of-science-categories: Geography, Physical
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year: '2019'
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