Assessing the effectiveness of Japan's community-based direct payment scheme for hilly and mountainous areas

2019 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 62-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junichi Ito ◽  
Hart N. Feuer ◽  
Shinichi Kitano ◽  
Haruka Asahi
Keyword(s):  
Direct Payment ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Payment Scheme

Designing community-based payment scheme for ecosystem services: a case from Koshi Hills, Nepal

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 1831-1848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laxmi Dutt Bhatta ◽  
Arati Khadgi ◽  
Rajesh Kumar Rai ◽  
Bikram Tamang ◽  
Kiran Timalsina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Payment Scheme

COMMUNITY-BASED RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - EFFECTIVE METHOD IN ETHNIC MINORITY AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vu Thi Thanh Minh ◽  
Le Thi Khanh Hoa
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Natural Resources Management ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Parts

Community-based natural resources management has been applied in many different parts of the world, especially indeveloping countries. The content of this method is to take thecommunity as a center, direct the community to the resourcesmanagement system, bring people to live consciously in thenatural environment and protect resources such as protection forthemselves. Through analyzing the current status of communitybased resources management in ethnic minority and mountainousareas, the paper proposes some effective solutions to enhance therole of ethnic minority communities in resources management.

scholarly journals Regional differentiation of direct support for farmers in Poland as exemplified by selected regions

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 43-55
Author(s):  
Adrian Sadłowski ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Direct Payment ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Regional Differentiation ◽  
Payment Scheme ◽  
Support Level ◽  
Direct Payments ◽  
Peripheral Areas ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this study was to measure the dispersion of the unit level of support, paid under the direct payment scheme, among voivodeships with a similar average agricultural holding size, and to identify the reasons for this dispersion. It begins with a description of the shape of the direct payments scheme in Poland. The paper further presents and analyses the results of the measurement of dispersion of support as part of the direct payment scheme between voivodeships with no significant differences in the sizes of agricultural holdings. It has been shown that this dispersion is a result of the differences in the structure of support absorbed by farmers in individual regions. The measurement of the support level is the average aid amount per unit of agricultural area and the average aid amount per one beneficiary. The source material used in this paper was the data from the Polish paying agency responsible for direct payments made to farmers, i.e. the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture. The reference period of the study is 2018. As three voivodeships with the most similar average farm size were selected, the study covered Łódzkie, Śląskie and Lubelskie Voivodeships. The analysis was performed with the use of descriptive statistics methods. The data was visualised with the use of pie and bar charts, and a choropleth map. It was found that the instrument with a particularly strong potential for the impact on support level in absolute terms (per one holding) and relative terms (per 1 hectare of agricultural land in a holding) is the so called voluntary coupled support. With this instrument, European Union Member States can adjust the distribution of funds between individual regions, reducing the strength of a relationship between the volume of support absorbed by individual regions and their abundance in agricultural land. The intention of such actions may be to compensate for social inequalities or to stimulate growth in peripheral areas.

scholarly journals The Effect of Direct Payment on the Prevention of Farmland Abandonment: The Case of the Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mika Wakamatsu Shin ◽  
Brian H. S. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Direct Payment ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Farmland Abandonment ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Direct Payments ◽  
Older Farmers

Farmland exhibits multifunctionality by preventing flooding and soil erosion and providing social and cultural community comfort. All these functions are essential for sustainable rural development. However, the multifunctionality of farmland is decreasing worldwide because of an aging society, depopulation and income disparity between flat lands and hilly mountainous lands. Regarding the consequences of abandonment, abandonment is intimately linked with the wider issue of the stagnation of the rural economy. The direct payment policy for hilly mountainous land is aimed at restraining farmland abandonment through community-based activities. The panel data difference in differences (DID) estimator was employed to observe the effect of direct payments on the rate of restraining farmland abandonment at the municipality level of the Hokkaido prefecture in Japan for the period of 2005–2015. We estimated that the direct payment implementation provided a 2% effectiveness for restraining the increase in the rate of abandonment as the result of DID estimation. On the other hand, the age group of 65 years or older was negatively correlated with farmland abandonment, which contradicts the general understanding. Older farmers have relatively more interest in contributing to and preserving their community. Therefore, the direct payment can encourage them to participate more in their community preservation. From these results, we concluded that it is necessary to promote farmland consolidation to compensate for the lack of inheritors. In addition, providing direct payment for a well-organized community or active stakeholders can be an effective way of utilizing governmental budgets and sustaining rural development.

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