著者

守 宏美 枡田 行央 新保 奈穂美 平田 富士男

出版者

公益社団法人 日本造園学会

雑誌

ランドスケープ研究(オンライン論文集) (ISSN:1883261X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.16, pp.45-52, 2023-04-29 (Released:2023-06-14)

参考文献数

11

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In recent years, there has been growing interest in the use of goats for weed control in public green spaces from the perspective of reducing the environmental impact, recycling resources, and creating new landscapes, in addition to compensating for shrinking budgets and workforces of municipalities. However, due to the lack of systematic information on the challenges of organizations working on such projects, the key to successful goat weeding remains unexplored. Therefore, a trial experiment of goat weeding for organizations with no experience was conducted at five facilities, and exploratory interviews were conducted with 15 employees. The narratives obtained were presented as a time-series diagram of their experiences using the Trajectory Equifinality Modeling (TEM) approach. The factors that give rise to changes in awareness were used to identify problems in introducing goat weeding in public green spaces managed by organizations and effective measures to deal with them. The results suggest that providing training before introduction, building consensus within the organization, clarifying the division of roles in rearing work, providing feedback to rearing staff on evaluations by users of the facility and staff and establishing a goat weeding support system are important.

著者

守 宏美 新保 奈穂美 平田 富士男

出版者

公益社団法人 日本造園学会

雑誌

ランドスケープ研究 (ISSN:13408984)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.85, no.5, pp.661-666, 2022-03-30 (Released:2022-05-13)

参考文献数

8

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In recent years, there has been growing interest in the use of goats for the control and removal of weeds in open spaces from the perspective of reducing the environmental impact, recycling resources, and creating new landscapes, in addition to compensating for shrinking budgets and workforces of municipalities. However, because of the lack of systematic information on the challenges often faced by inexperienced goat farmers in using goats as weed control agents, the keys to the successful utilization of goats for the task remain unmapped. Therefore, we conducted explorative interviews with fifteen goat keepers on Awaji Island and in the Kansai area of Japan who had started goat weed control without prior experience. From the obtained narratives, the process for introducing goats as weed control agents was organized in chronological order. During the investigation, we found that six goat keepers could not meet their original objectives, while nine overcame their difficulties. Throughout the investigation, the issues that arose in the process and the responses of the keepers were recorded and categorized according to their causes. Our findings suggest the necessary points to be considered for utilizing goats for weed control in the future, depending on the stage of introduction.