Strained agricultural farming under the stress of youths’ career selection tendencies: a case study from Hokkaido (Japan)

Abstract Although job availability in Japan is at its highest in 24 years, the unemployment rate has remained unchanged. On one hand, certain fields are saturated with employees while on the other hand, the rural areas of Hokkaido are in desperate need of agricultural workers. At the same time, the...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Usman, Akinori Sawaya, Mari Igarashi, Jeffry Joseph Gayman, Rakesh Dixit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2021-01-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00688-4