日本とオランダにおけるチューリップ球根生産者の生活時間構成の比較 大規模経営における農繁期の調査事例

Abstract

We compared time budget structures of tulip bulb farmers in the harvest and post-harvest seasons in Japan and the Netherlands, by interview and questionnaire survey.Our results are as follows:1) According to our interviews, in Japan there are two peaks in monthly allocation of yearly labour input, June-July (harvest and post harvest) and October (planting). In contrast, there is one peak in the Netherlands, June-July (harvest and post harvest). In Japan labour time fluctuates in month and month, while in the Netherlands it does not.2) During the harvest and post harvest season (9 days), Japanese farmers work for twelve to thirteen hours in average and sleep for less seven hours, while Dutch farmers work at most for ten and half hours and sleep for eight hours in average.3) One of the reasons for the above fact is that Japanese farmers work even on Saturday and Sunday but Dutch ones do not so.