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Empowerment in Agriculture and Inclusive Development

： Rural areas in Japan currently face serious problem of shortage in manpower with its shrinking and aging population, while the proportion of socially vulnerable people in population is growing. The paper aims to explore how such socially vulnerable and marginalized people can be empowered to be a part of rural community or even to be contributors of the society, ensuring well-being of such people. The study first positions “ empowerment ” in three dimensions of power 1 ） originated from strength approach from psychological viewpoint, 2 ） obtained through interaction with “ ally ” who support marginalized people to be a part of community from sociological viewpoint, and 3 ） attained through the process of gaining capabilities in relation with expansion of “ agency （ ability to act on behalf of what agent value and have reason to value ）” from economics viewpoint. The analysis is made by closely looking at a case of social farming exercised by the CoCoRo Group, that empowers people with disabilities to work at farms. In order to examine the possibility of expanding the practice to rural community, a supplemental study on agriculture-welfare sector matching service of Nagano and Miyazaki prefectures is also conducted. It then discusses the critical role of ally who value human development rather than economic profit in its mission and decision-making, adjusting working environment to match with characteristics of people with disabilities, which enable people in diversity to work effectively in agriculture. It concludes that resilience and social sustainability of rural community require actions towards inclusive development with consideration of restructuring of rural community in which people in diversity have freedom to participate and be empowered as a member of community.