著者

島 義史

出版者

日本農業経営学会

雑誌

農業経営研究 (ISSN:03888541)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.47, no.3, pp.1-10, 2009-12-25 (Released:2015-03-20)

参考文献数

10

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Farm household successors eventually become independent farmers by gradually taking over farm management authority and responsibilities from their predecessors. In contrast, newcomers to farming businesses have to assume authority and responsibilities regarding all farming domains as soon as they establish their own farms. Therefore, it is important for new farmers to obtain quickly the skills of independent farmers to improve their farm management. Targeting newcomers into strawberry farming, this study analyzes the growth process of new farmers.Farm management by newcomers in strawberry farming is classified into six domains, while their managerial growth is divided into two stages. Then, those farmers’ priority targets in farm management are identified based on the degree to which they emphasize different farm management domains, which are represented as an “awareness score,” and the relationships between priority targets and performance are analyzed. At the same time, comparison of the awareness score between the managerial growth stages and a time-series comparison using panel data are also performed to analyze the patterns of changes in farm management priority targets.As a result, a correlation is observed: the higher the awareness score, the better farmers performed regarding a particular farm management domain. This indicates that farm management is improved in domains that farmers prioritize.There are three types of processes through which farm management domains become priority targets: one is to consistently prioritize domains regardless of the managerial growth stage, one is to prioritize following the shift of a growth stage, and one is to prioritize continuously within each growth stage. The analyses of priority targets in farm management by newcomers into strawberry farming identified the following growth process stages: first, cultivation, work process and financial management, next sales management, third employment management, and, finally, cost management.