@article{oai:repository.naro.go.jp:00001509, author = {千田, 雅之 and SENDA, Masayuki and 谷本, 保幸 and TANIMOTO, Yasuyuki and 小山, 信明 and KOYAMA, Nobuaki}, journal = {近畿中国四国農業研究センター研究報告, BULLETIN of THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER for WESTERN REGION}, month = {Mar}, note = {Grazing on less-utilized arable fields near farmer's residences and crop field was watched in the hope of maintaining the farming and conservation of regional resources in LFAs. In this report, we clarified economical results of grazing in LFAs. First of all, they were clarified by analyzing the daily journal of farming and the account books of typical cattlebreeding farms which adopted grazing on less-utilized fields recently. Where grazing was used, the total farmwork required was remarkably reduced. In particular, between May and October which usually requires severe and long farmwork under harsh conditions, the working hours were reduced by half. It greatly contributed to the continuancy of farming carried out by elderly farmers. Adopting grazing also reduced some expenditures on cattle breeding such as grain feeds, cutting cows' hooves, and medical treatment for reducing sickness. Secondly, we tried to prove the effectiveness of extension of grazing, change of raising forage, and enlargement of farm scale on farm economy and land utilization by operating farming models based on the actual farming situation. Results showed that the adoption of grazing reaps income and labor productivity for cattle breeding. Besides that, suspension of grass production apart from wild grass and rice straw on small scale farming, and change of feed which reduce concentration and increase forage are more economical. Its labor productivity is higher than dairy wages in other businesses and elders are willing to continue cattle breeding under the recent recession. From the view point of land utilization in LFAs, grazing is more economical than rice cultivation under the price decline of rice.}, pages = {41--58}, title = {里地放牧が肉用牛繁殖経営と中山間地域の農用地利用に及ぼす効果}, volume = {2}, year = {2003}, yomi = {センダ, マサユキ and タニモト, ヤスユキ and コヤマ, ノブアキ} }