Table 1.
Summary statistics of enrolled farm plots and abandoned farmland in the study area
| Region | Municipalities | Number of farm communities | Farmland (km2) | Abandoned farmland (km2) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrolled communities | Enrolled plots | |||||
| Oku-Noto (north) | Wajima | 181 | 100 (55.25) | 11.66 | 9.9 (84.91) | 2.43 (20.84) |
| Suzu | 154 | 16 (10.39) | 10.35 | 1.07 (10.34) | 2.16 (20.87) | |
| Anamizu | 69 | 32 (46.38) | 5.83 | 4.78 (81.99) | 1.92 (32.93) | |
| Noto | 132 | 77 (58.33) | 11.11 | 9.05 (81.46) | 2.24 (20.16) | |
| Naka-Noto (middle) | Nanao | 152 | 50 (32.89) | 19.29 | 7.54 (39.09) | 3.71 (19.23) |
| Nakanoto | 49 | 14 (28.57) | 6.59 | 3.36 (50.99) | 0.41 (6.22) | |
| Kuchi-Noto (south) | Hakui | 56 | 6 (10.71) | 11.08 | 1.76 (15.88) | 0.73 (6.59) |
| Shika | 114 | 16 (14.04) | 15.74 | 3.31 (21.03) | 2.59 (16.45) | |
| Hodatsu-shimizu | 53 | 18 (33.96) | 5.89 | 2.7 (45.84) | 0.52 (8.83) | |
| Total | 960 | 329 (34.27) | 97.54 | 43.47 (44.57) | 16.71 (17.13) | |
Farmland includes farmer-owned plots only. The numbers in parentheses are the percentages of enrolled communities, plots, and abandoned farmland (by area)