Building sustainable agrifood systems and resilient rural communities in Japan

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Building sustainable agrifood systems and resilient rural communities in Japan

edited by Raymond Jussaume, Keiko Tanaka, and Kiyohiko Sakamoto

(Environment and society)

Lexington Books, [2025] , , c2025

  • : cloth

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Content Type: text (ncrcontent), Media Type: unmediated (ncrmedia), Carrier Type: volume (ncrcarrier)

Summary: "This book explores the challenges Japan has been facing as a post-industrialized society that is characterized by a declining population rate, an aging population, and an increased reliance on imports, and seeks to learn lessons on sustainability from Japan's experiences"--Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • On meeting the challenges facing rural Japan : introduction / Raymond Jussaume, Keiko Tanaka, and Kiyohiko Sakamoto
  • Investigating the loss of family homogeneity in rural communities and transformation of community management principles / Haruhiko Iba
  • Can "agro-medico-polis" give new meanings to rural Japan? / Koichi Ikegami
  • The potential of bottom-up agriculture : supporting social innovation in the sustainable transformation of rural Japan / Yang Lu and Shuji Hisano
  • Urban-to-rural migrants and lifestyle entrepreneurs : opening spaces of possibility for sustainable and resilient rural communities / Simona Zollet, Emi Makino, and Meng Qu
  • Using traditional vegetables as a way for agricultural revitalization : a case study of Kyoto vegetables / Aya H. Kimura and Shuji Hisano
  • Distribution challenges for organic farmers and rural eaters : blurring the lines between AFNs and Japan's conventional food system / Chika Kondo
  • Role of education to empower resilience in rural communities : a lesson trial to cultivate food literacy among elementary school students / Katsura Omori, Hiroyuki Yamada, and Toru Watanabe
  • Crowdfunding for sustainability? : the emerging link between the "hometown tax" and sub-municipal civic self-governance in rural Japan / Hanno Jentzsch
  • Barriers to sustainable fisheries governance in rural Japan : power dynamics behind "stealth" privatization / Alayna Ynacay-Nye
  • Lessons from rural Japan : conclusion / Keiko Tanaka, Raymond Jussaume, and Kiyohiko Sakamoto

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