Building Sustainable Agrifood Systems and Resilient Rural Communities in Japan

Raymond Jussaume; Keiko Tanaka; Kiyohiko Sakamoto

doi:10.5771/9781666965971

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Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-6596-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-6597-1
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 238
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. List of Tables No access
4. Preface No access
1. Rural Japan in the Historical and Global Context No access
2. Outline of the Book No access
3. References No access
1. Management Principles for Communities No access
2. Transformation of Management Principles No access
3. Research Methods No access
4. 1. Community Farming Organizations No access
  2. 1. Summary of AK and SAK No access
    2. Management Principles of SAK No access
  3. 1. Summary of HY and SHY No access
    2. Management Principles of SHY No access
  4. Case Data No access
5. Discussion No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Note No access
8. References No access
1. Framework of the Study No access
2. 1. Community Building and Medical Care No access
  2. Linkages between Medical Care, Social Assistance, and Agriculture No access
  3. Outline of the Usuda Area: Focusing on the Demographic Aspect No access
3. 1. Summary of Community Building in Usuda Town No access
  2. From Rural Medicine Movement to Community Medicine Movement No access
  3. The Meaning of Cultural Activities by Saku Hospital No access
  4. Organic Farming and Composting Project of Household Food Waste No access
4. 1. Three Spheres of the Agro-Medico-Polis model No access
  2. Economic Effects of the Agro-Medico-Polis Model No access
5. Challenges and Possibilities of the Agro-Medico-Polis Model No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Note No access
8. References No access
1. Case Study and Methods No access
2. 1. Economic and Sociopolitical Environments No access
  2. Key Actors No access
3. 1. Scaling Out No access
  2. Scaling Up No access
  3. Scaling Deep No access
4. “Structure” and “Agency” Dynamics: Unpacking the Transformative Strategies in Rural Japan No access
5. Conclusion: Unleashing Potential in Rural Transformation No access
6. Note No access
7. References No access
1. 1. Rural Lifestyle Entrepreneurship for Community Resilience and Sustainability No access
  2. Changing Dynamics in Japan’s Rural Areas No access
2. Methods No access
3. 1. Rural Lifestyle In-migrants as (Lifestyle) Entrepreneurs No access
  2. Lifestyle Entrepreneurship through a Diverse Economies Lens: Enterprise, Labor, Property, and Transactions No access
4. Discussion No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Note No access
7. References No access
1. Traditional Varieties and Agrobiodiversity No access
2. De-peasantization and De-agrarianization No access
3. Traditional Vegetables Preservation Efforts in Japan No access
4. Case Study: Kyoto Traditional Vegetables No access
5. Example of Manganji Pepper No access
6. TVs for the Sustainability of Rural Kyoto No access
7. 1. Co-optation of the Brand No access
  2. Exclusion of Extremely Marginal Crops No access
  3. Exclusion of Certain Farmers No access
  4. Ownership of Knowledge No access
8. Concluding Thoughts on Niche Market Branding for Rural Development No access
9. Note No access
10. References No access
1. Rural Sustainability: AFNs and Local Wholesale Markets No access
2. Methodology No access
3. 1. Nagahama Local Wholesale Market No access
  2. AFN Case Study 1: From Farmer Organization to Farmer-Owned Wholesaler, Henko No access
  3. AFN Case Study 2: Greengrocer-Farmer Collaborative Distribution, Kyoto Organic Action No access
  4. AFN Case Study 3: Organic Farmer Organized Distribution, Otemaeriya No access
4. 1. Balancing Act: AFN Ideology and Distribution Challenges No access
  2. Expanding Organic Agriculture No access
  3. Scaling AFN into Wholesale Market System No access
5. 1. Challenges of Direct Sales for Organic Farmers No access
  2. The Importance of Collaborative Models No access
  3. Infrastructure and Market Access Are Key No access
  4. Potential for Integration with Wholesale Markets No access
  5. Building Trust and Sharing Information No access
6. References No access
1. Food Education Movements in Japan No access
2. Overviews of Japanese National Curriculum Contents, Aims, and Challenges No access
3. 1. Cultivation of Protein-Rich Forage Rice with Treated Municipal Wastewater Irrigation No access
  2. Vegetable Cultivation in Greenhouses Using Heat from Power Production with Biogas No access
  3. Feasibility and Challenges of BISTRO GESUIDO No access
4. Previous Research on the Effects of Education about Agriculture No access
5. Methods No access
6. 1. Development of a Learning Program No access
  2. Implementation of Our Leaning Program No access
  3. 1. The Students’ Perceptions of GESUIDO No access
    2. Students’ Comments about Important Factors for Agricultural Food Production in the Future No access
  4. Students’ Liking of the Vegetable Produced by BISTRO GESUIDO No access
7. Conclusion and Implications No access
8. Note No access
9. References No access
1. 1. Civil Society–State Relations under Reconstruction No access
2. 1. RMO as New “Partners” for Local Governments No access
3. 1. Diversifying Sources of Income No access
4. 1. The “Hometown Tax” and the Shift toward New Public Governance No access
5. 1. Municipal Frameworks: The Case of Iida City No access
  2. Other Municipal Frameworks No access
  3. Independent Fundraising on the Sub-municipal Level No access
  4. The Furusato Nōzei Program as a Catalyst for State–society Partnerships No access
6. 1. The Japanese Case in Global Context No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. References No access
1. 1. Contemporary Conceptualizations of Privatization No access
  2. Structure of This Chapter No access
2. 1. Privatization and “Sustainable” Fisheries Governance No access
  2. Stealth Privatization via Disaster Capitalism No access
  3. 1. The Revision of the Fisheries Act, 2011 No access
    2. A Brief Overview of National-Level Fisheries Politics in Japan No access
3. 1. Case Study Analysis No access
  2. Analytical Framework: Newell and Levy’s (2006) Approach to Power No access
4. 1. 1. The Role of Miyagi Prefecture’s Governor Yoshihiro Murai No access
    2. Lobbying in the Fisheries and Construction Sectors No access
  2. 1. The OSM and Corporate Financing Structures No access
  3. 1. “Revitalization” from External Shocks No access
    2. Sixth Industrialization No access
    3. Localization: Selling the Miyagi Brand No access
    4. Transition to a Salaried Fisher Discourse No access
5. How Power Dynamics Shape Sustainability for Japan’s Rural Fishing Communities No access
6. Shifting Focus toward Sustainability Pathways for Rural Fishing Communities No access
7. Note No access
8. References No access
1. Lesson 1: Impact of Demographic Shifts on Rural Decline No access
2. Lesson 2: Importance of Supporting Locally Embedded Strategies No access
3. Lesson 3: Importance of Diversification and Resilience No access
4. Future Work on Rural Sustainability No access
5. Concluding Remarks No access
6. References No access
Index No access Pages 233 - 234
About the Contributors No access Pages 235 - 238