Kitami Agriculture

Japanese: 北見農業 - きたみのうぎょう
Kitami Agriculture

...The bottom of the basin has three to four river terraces, making it a fertile agricultural region. The agricultural style of this region is also called "Kitami agriculture," but it is marginal for rice cultivation, and the field agriculture is characterized by a diversified cultivation of all kinds of crops grown in Hokkaido, such as sugar beets, peppermint, and other industrial crops, as well as wheat, beans, and other crops grown in Hokkaido. In recent years, onion cultivation has flourished, and with the shift to rice cultivation, it has developed into Hokkaido's largest production area. ...

*Some of the terminology used in relation to "Kitami Agriculture" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…盆地底には3~4段の河岸段丘があり,地味の肥えたすぐれた農業地域となっている。この地域の農業形態は〈北見農業〉とも呼ばれるが,稲作の限界地であり,畑作農業としてはテンサイ,ハッカなどの工芸作物と麦類,豆類など北海道でつくられるあらゆる作物が多角的に作付けされている点に特徴がある。近年はタマネギ栽培が,北海道以外では秋まき春どりであるのに対し,北海道では春まき秋どりで秋以降に出荷できるという市場環境に恵まれたうえ,稲作転換も加わって盛んになり,北海道最大の産地に発展した。…

※「北見農業」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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