遠隔農業地域における住み込み援農ボランティアの成立要因 : 北海道遠軽町E農場を事例として

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北海道大学農經論叢

Agricultural volunteers are expected to be the leaders of agriculture, providing citizens with ongoing support for farmersʼ farm work. The key challenge in establishing agricultural volunteers is to gather people, and many volunteers have been established in the suburbs of cities by bringing in residents from nearby areas. On the other hand, Farm E in Engaru Town, Hokkaido, Japan, despite its remote location, has successfully addressed this issue by attracting people from far away and having them live on farms, resulting in 200 volunteer applicants and 50 participants. This paper clarifies the actual situation of this farm as an advanced case of live-in agricultural volunteers in a remote farming area, and discusses the factors that contributed to its success, so that farmers in remote farming areas can introduce agricultural volunteers as a means of ensuring their workforce in the future. As a result of the discussion, it was found that the factors that contributed to the success of the project were (1) information dissemination through the website, (2) an attitude toward accepting volunteers, and (3) the corporate philosophy of the farm.