ABSTRACT

Recently, many people want to start farming. In Japan, the number of consultations to start farming has doubled from 2007 to 2009. However, the number of new farmers has not increased, which account in some degree for Japanese farming decline. It is a vital issue to increase new farmers and train novice farmers in Japan. Novice farmers should learn techniques to start farming. It is difficult for many novice farmers to learn the farming techniques, which in a big obstacle for them to start farming.