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This paper will claim that sustainable development of agriculture is crucially involved in family farming. Further, the strength of family farming is essential for the maintenance and sustainable development of local community. The paper will highlight the role of agricultural cooperatives in this context ,the importance of family farming and local community for productive, resilient and sustainable development of agriculture. The present Japan agricultural cooperatives, a consumer cooperative, credit union, and credit cooperative, all have their roots in the Industry Cooperative Association Act in 1900. The original main aim of this Act was to protect micro-and small enterprises from overwhelming big business. At present agricultural cooperatives have attracted criticism regarding raison d'être from governmental council and some other groups. Each party shows quite a distinctive standpoint on this issue, the one based on the perspective of community agriculture development and the other the principle of open economy with free competition. The paper will show that agricultural cooperatives are of great importance for sustainable development of agriculture itself but also of the region as a whole.

Towards Sustainable Development of Agriculture: Significance of Cooperatives in the Case of Japan