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Kinki, Chugoku, and Shikoku Regions

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The Kinki, Chugoku, and Shikoku regions are located in the west-central part of Japan. The major soil great groups distributed in these regions are Brown Forest soils (47.6%), Red-Yellow soils (16.0%), and Fluvic soils (14.2%) with very limited distribution of Andosols (8.6%), reflecting mountainous geography. Those used for agricultural land are dominated by Fluvic soils (65.5%) followed by Brown Forest soils (14.2%) and Red-Yellow soils (7.8%), reflecting high ratio of paddy (72.8%) in agricultural fields. In these regions, diverse types of agriculture are conducted corresponding to a variety of soil types with various geographical and climatic circumstances, including paddy rice production as well as the production of vegetables (e.g., traditional vegetables), fruits (e.g., orange in Wakayama and Ehime Prefectures and Japanese apricot (Ume) in Wakayama Prefecture), and tea in upland fields. Among them “Minabe-Tanabe Ume system” and “Nishiawa slope farming system” are designated as globally important agricultural heritage systems (GIAHS) in these regions. Environmentally friendly agriculture has been carried out, which is defined as sustainable agriculture in which crop productivity is well balanced with environmental quality by recycling materials and reducing the input of chemical fertilizer and pesticides. A wide variety of countermeasures has been also accomplished to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and leaching of nitrate, and harmful chemical substances are also discussed.

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  1. Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

    Junta Yanai

  2. Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

    Mitsuru Toma

  3. Division of Agro-Enviroment Research, Western Region Agricultural Research Center, NARO, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

    Hidetoshi Mochizuki

  4. Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University, Nankoku City, Kochi Prefecture, Japan

    Naoki Moritsuka

  5. Tokushima Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Technology Support Centre, Ishii Town, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

    Kentaro Wada

  6. DGCbase, Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

    Tomoji Uchiyama

  7. Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture, Japan

    Tsuneyoshi Endo

  8. Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

    Yo Toma

  9. Western Region Agricultural Research Center, NARO, Zentsuji City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

    Kiyoshi Hiraoka

  10. Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

    Naoko Tokuchi

  11. Shiga Prefecture Agricultural Technology Promotion Center, Ohmihachiman City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

    Hiroyuki Hasukawa & Kunihiko Takehisa

  12. Hyogo Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Hyogo Prefectural Govenment, Kasai City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

    Hiroyuki Maki, Minoru Matsuyama & Tetsushi Ohshio

  13. Okayama Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Akaiwa City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

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Yanai, J. et al. (2021). Kinki, Chugoku, and Shikoku Regions. In: Hatano, R., Shinjo, H., Takata, Y. (eds) The Soils of Japan. World Soils Book Series. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8229-5_9

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