## GLOSSARY

## Abandoned cultivated land

A land which has not been cultivated for more than one year and will not be cultivated again within the coming few years, excluding that has been kept fallow for crop rotation and that with plans for cultivation.

## Certified farmer

A farmer who makes a plan for the improvement of his farm management which is certified by the municipality. The plan needs to pursue farm management objectives raised by a municipal basic master-plan for the reinforcement of agricultural management framework in accordance with the Agricultural Management Framework Reinforcement Law. This farmer is eligible to receive the Direct Payment for Land-extensive Farming.

## Educational farming

An activity where farmers provide opportunities whereby non-farmers can experience stints as farmers, for the purpose of gaining an understanding of the blessing of nature and the various activities in which people involved in food production engage.

## Family business agreement

A written agreement concerning a family farm management policy such as a farm management plan and working conditions including salary and days off and on work sharing, decided after discussions among family members engaged in farm management. Spouses and successors who conclude this agreement with a head of farm management and participate in management will be regarded as a target of the aid policy and eligible to receive the Government's subsidy for their insurance expenses.

## Japanese Food Guide Spinning Top

A dietary guideline offering an idea on what and how much to eat a day to keep people healthy physically and mentally using the illustration of a spinning top. It divides food into five groups such as grain dishes and vegetable dishes, showing the appropriate amount of food from each group a day with serving suggestions.

## Shokuiku

An educational activity that encourages people to acquire the knowledge about food and nutrition as well as the ability to make appropriate food choices through various experience related to food, in order to develop people in the ability to practice a healthy diet.

## Sextic industrialization

An activity where farmers actively and comprehensively engage in the secondary industry (e.g., food processing industry) and the tertiary industry (e.g., food distribution industry) in order to create products and services with high added value, which are usually obtained by the secondary and tertiary industry businesses. This expression was derived from the result of multiplying one, two and three, implying an industrialization integrating the primary, secondary and tertiary industries.

## UJI-turn

A generic term used to refer to the movement of emigration from metropolitan areas to rural areas. U-turn is defined as the emigration back to one’s hometown; J-turn is the emigration to the local city close to one’s hometown; and I turn is the emigration to the rural area unrelated to one’s hometown.

## V illage farming

A farming conducted as a unit of a rural community, under agreements with participating farms with regard to items related to farming based on a well-organized community, such as organization forms, plans to utilize agricultural land and agricultural machinery, selection of board members and operators, and cultivation methods, etc.