This study investigates the effect of community factors on the development and diversification of rural Japan. Diversification is a matter of concern in rural communities as a means of revitalizing regional socio-economies. To establish new diversified activities, cooperation between rural...

This study investigates the relationship between social capital and local food movements in rural Japan, with the latter factor markedly leaning towards the goal,Local Production for Local Consumption (LPLC). Promoted by the central and local governments in Japan since the 1990s, LPLC was...

Effects of social capital (SC hereinafter) on household welfare (rice yield, income, health) were examined in rice granary area of south peninsula Malaysia. SC is categorized into eight types by its form (structural and cognitive) and function (birding, linking, and bracing). OLS is used for...

The study focuses on the impacts of El Nino-induced abnormal weather on agricultural production and the rural economy in upland areas. By focusing on the development of upland agriculture, this study attempts to contribute to the global campaign of sustainable development and poverty alleviation...

With a case study of a village in Majalengka district in West Java Province, Indonesia, the author explores how "agricultural development", which is expressed here as diversification and commercialization, caused a change in the "institution" of tenant farming, and what logic is behind the...