Most anthropogenic activities impacted on water quality and quantity, and further impacted on ecosystem services (ESs) in watershed are related to land use and climate changes those may cause losses of ecosystem functions.

日本は過去数十年にわたって、国際連合食糧農業機関（FAO)の最重要パートナー国のひとつであり、食料安<p></p>全保障の確立と天然資源の持続的利用の促進に努めてきました。FAO通常予算に対する日本の分担金は世<p></p>界第２位、任意拠出金においても多大な貢献をしており、現在進行中の2500の現地プログラムを支える協力<p></p>国のひとつでもあります。日本の持つ専門技術や人材は、FAOの取り組んできた農林水産業開発の分野にお<p></p>いてきわめて重要といえます。

Quantitative assessment of the impacts of climate change on groundwater levels is important for sustainable groundwater use. This study examined the Tedori River alluvial fan in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, where paddy fields occupy 45 % of the total area.

This study analyzes a case which improved the utilization rate of arable land through production of rice for non-principal food. The main outcomes are as follows. Rice for non-principal food is produced jointly in Nagashima-cho by a lot of large-scale farmers. Land owners and cultivators have a share the advantage of eliminating ambiguity concerning the responsibility for mowing in summer.

QUESTIONS: How does small linear grassland elements (paddy levees and road verges) contribute to plant diversity patterns in sites with modern or traditional management? Which factors determine small‐scale plant species richness of small linear grassland elements in a Japanese agricultural landscape? LOCATION: Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

The purpose of this paper is to provide some implications for a next-generation model of paddy-farming in Japan, through a validation of the large-scale mechanized farming concept and practice in Ogata Village, Akita Prefecture, born as 'a future agricultural model for Japan.' First, even though contracts of land sale and farming systems were connected between the settlers and the country, both

The agricultural census of 2015 indicated that the total area of abandoned farming land reached to 424,090 ha which accounts for nearly 10% of total farming land in Japan. However, little is known about economic, social, and geographical characteristics that lead farmers to leave their farming lands idle.

Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-16/17/6
Session: Sess.16