A comprehensive guide page created by the Rural Development Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, introducing legal systems and case studies related to urban agriculture for those considering starting urban agriculture.
Multiple legal systems have been established as laws related to urban agriculture to promote the stable continuation of urban agriculture and the full utilization of its diverse functions. Three main laws serve as important institutional foundations: the Basic Law for Promotion of Urban Agriculture, the Law on Facilitating the Lending and Borrowing of Urban Agricultural Land, and the Productive Green Area Law, with detailed information links provided for each.
The Basic Law for Promotion of Urban Agriculture functions as a law that establishes basic policies for promoting sustainable development of urban agriculture and appropriate and efficient use of agricultural land in urban areas. The Law on Facilitating the Lending and Borrowing of Urban Agricultural Land establishes systems to facilitate agricultural land lending and borrowing relationships to promote effective utilization of urban agricultural land. The Productive Green Area Law is operated as a system that positions agricultural land within urbanization promotion areas as greenery contributing to urban environmental conservation and promotes planned conservation.
As practical information provision, case study collections of urban agriculture spanning multiple years are published. The FY2023 edition "Try Urban Agriculture! — Aiming for Sustainable Urban Agriculture" consists of a complete version and nine split versions, introducing detailed examples of the latest urban agriculture initiatives. The FY2024 edition "Try Urban Agriculture!" consists of four split versions, and the FY2022 edition also consists of seven split versions, with different perspectives on cases included for each fiscal year.
These case study collections specifically introduce various initiatives that utilize the characteristics of urban agriculture, such as diversification of agricultural management in urban areas, direct sales systems with urban consumers, utilization of multifunctional aspects of agricultural land, business succession to the next generation, and cooperation with local communities. They also include analysis of success factors from practical perspectives such as management scale, crop selection, sales strategies, and regional contribution activities.
In FY2019, "Urban Agriculture Best Practice Collection" was created, featuring carefully selected cases with particularly advanced and high reference value, providing content that can be used as specific guidelines when starting urban agriculture.
The article concludes that this serves as an important information source providing comprehensive information infrastructure from understanding legal systems to practical case study learning for farmers and related parties considering entry into urban agriculture.