Shizuoka | Kagoshima | Mie | Kyoto | Fukuoka | Miyazaki | Kumamoto | Nationwide | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H12 | 24,019 | 4,309 | 4,598 | 1,330 | 2,217 | 820 | 1,277 | 53,687 |
H17 | 17,731 | 3,072 | 2,294 | 1,035 | 1,629 | 642 | 973 | 37,617 |
H22 | 13,933 | 2,216 | 1,455 | 825 | 1,385 | 513 | 695 | 28,116 |
H27 | 9,617 | 1,744 | 967 | 653 | 980 | 399 | 529 | 20,114 |
Possible reasons for the serious lack of successors for tea farmers include
the fact that young people are no longer interested in the work of tea farmers.
This coul be due to the recent development of machines and the lack of attention
paid to tea farmers as other jobs have increased, or that the work of
tea farmers is often physical labor that places a heavy burden on the body.
Also, the number of new tea farmers is decreasing because it is very difficult
to start a new tea farming business.
Furthermore, the age range of tea farmers is quite imbalanced, with 3.6%
aged 15-39, 10.7% aged 40-59, 29% aged 60-69, 39.1% aged 70-79, and 17.6%
aged 80 or older. The average age is only increasing every year.
As a solution to the lack of successors, local people are forming groups to farm, or even incorporating their farming activities into an organization, like a company.
Another possible solution to the lack of successors would be to collaborate
with characters popular with children and conduct other activities that
would interest young people.
Who? are also considering promoting DX (digital transformation), in which
human workers are assisted by machines and AI, and proposing cultivation
plans that reduce the number of fertilizer and pesticide applications. This is an effort that wonllow even elderly farmers to easily manage cultivation.
graph 三重県|みえDATABOX 2010年世界農林業センサス結果から
Based on documents.
Link:https://www.pref.mie.lg.jp/DATABOX/60396002535.htm