Administrative institutions and acts for unused farmlands in hilly and mountainous areasA case study of Nagano City agricultural committee

The purpose of this study is to show the administrative institutions and acts for the unused farmlands in hilly and mountainous areas. The Nagano City Agricultural Commitee surveyed the farmland used in 2013, and produced a survey in collaboration with the members of their committee as well as other farmers. In this survey, it was shown that almost all the unused farmlands were kept as forests and thus, couldn't be cultivated. Before the 1970s, silk was produced in Nagano City, and so almost all the unused farmlands were used for mulberry production which supported the silk industry. Currently, Nagano's main agricultural products are rice, vegetables and fruits. So the committee implemented a 'non farmland decision'. This decision improved the farmland ledger of the agricultural committee.