{"id":150086,"date":"2022-11-24T09:43:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T00:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=150086&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-11-24T09:43:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T00:43:18","slug":"fewer-farmers-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fewer-farmers-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"Fewer Farmers in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The number of farmers in Fukuoka City has decreased by fifteen percent to just 2,580 since 2020. According to the latest JA Fukuoka City booklet, the city still has 2,428 hectares of farm fields, accounting for 7% of the city\u2019s entire area. However, the city has been steadily losing farmers and may require support to sustain the local agribusiness. <b>Source<\/b><b>: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp\/data\/open\/cnt\/3\/99592\/1\/2_221003-nousui-gaikyo.pdf?20221110084156#:~:text=%E2%97%8B%E4%BB%A4%E5%92%8C2%E5%B9%B4,%E5%82%BE%E5%90%91%E3%81%8C%20%E7%B6%9A%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%82%8B%E3%80%82\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-150078\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_farm_2022_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_farm_2022_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_farm_2022_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_farm_2022_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_farm_2022_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. Opt out at any time and privacy is protected. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the \u201cNow\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclaimer: These summaries are from publicly posted contents. Errors might occur during translation. Images are sourced independently for illustrative purposes and credited appropriately. Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send feedback or ask for edits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of farmers in Fukuoka City has decreased by fifteen percent to just 2,580 since 2020. According to the latest JA Fukuoka City booklet, the city still has 2,428 hectares of farm fields, accounting for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":150083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-150086","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-society","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/150086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}