《Assessment of GIAHS in Shizuoka：The Traditional Teagrass Integrated System》.pdfVIP

Dec., 2014 Journal of Resources and Ecology Vol.5 No.4 J. Resour. Ecol. 2014 5 (4) 398-401 GIAHS DOI:10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2014.04.017 Assessment of GIAHS in Shizuoka: The Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System 1 2 INAGAKI Hidehiro * and KUSUMOTO Yoshinobu 1 Shizuoka University, Kariyado, Fujieda, Shizuoka 426-0001, Japan; 2 National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604, Japan 1 Introduction Fig.1 Mt. Awagatake, the landmark I n 2 0 1 3 , C h a g u s a b a , w h i c h i s of Chagusaba traditional tea-grass integrated system area, in which the in Shizuoka, were accepted as new traditional semi world heritage site of agriculture. natural grasslands Shizuoka prefecture occupies a maintained by tea variety of elevations, from 0 to 3000 cultivation. m or more above sea level. Because of the diversity of land features and climates, this area produces 167 agricultural commodities. In addition, a lot o