Joint Use Organization - Kyodouriyousoshiki

... Statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries classify these into the following five types: (1) Joint use organizations in which multiple farmers are bound together by rules regarding the use of machinery and facilities, (2) Collective cultivation organizations that only have a cultivation agreement or that have a cultivation agreement and related joint work and joint use of machinery and facilities, (3) Contracting organizations that are entrusted with agricultural management and full or partial farm work and receive fees for such work, (4) Livestock production organizations in which multiple livestock raising groups or pasture cultivation groups share land such as meadows and pastures, and share machinery and facilities (this includes cases in which prefectures, municipalities, agricultural cooperatives, etc. conduct breeding and joint breeding projects), and (5) Cooperative management organizations in which two or more households jointly invest and jointly manage all aspects of management, from production in one or more agricultural sectors to the sale of products, accounting, and distribution of profits. According to a 1995 survey, there are approximately 241,000 farms participating in production organizations, of which approximately 198,000 are participants in organizations that share machinery and facilities, followed by contract organizations (approximately 57,000).

*Some of the terminology used in relation to "joint-use organizations" is listed below.

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…農林水産省の統計ではこれを以下の5類型に分けている。(1)複数の農家が機械･施設の利用に関する規定により結合している共同利用組織，(2)栽培協定のみ，または栽培協定とそれに関連する共同作業，機械･施設の共同利用を行う集団栽培組織，(3)農業経営，全面農作業または部分農作業を受託し，受託料を収受する受託組織，(4)複数で家畜を飼育する集団，または牧草栽培を行う集団が採草地，放牧地などの土地の共同利用や，機械･施設の共同利用を行う畜産生産組織(これには県，市町村，農協などが繁殖や共同育成事業を行う場合を含む)，(5)2戸以上の世帯が共同で出資し，一つ以上の農業部門の生産から生産物の販売，収支決算，収益の分配に至るまで経営のすべてを共同で行う協業経営組織。　1995年の調査によると，生産組織に参加している農家は約24万1000戸であるが，そのうち約19万8000戸が機械･施設の共同利用組織への参加者であり，ついで多かったのが受託組織(約5万7000戸)であった。…

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