Becoming a Farmer in Contemporary Japan

Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in an agricultural cooperative running a training program for aspiring farmers, this book explores the possibilities of agrarian and land-based modes of livelihood in contemporary Japan.

Niccolò Lollini is assistant professor at the Graduate School of Governance of Meiji University in Tokyo, where he teaches agrarian political economy and contemporary Japanese society. His research interests revolve around food production-consumption and rural revitalisation.