[MAFF] NOUFUKU AWARD 2021 Winners Announced
On February 8, 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) announced the winners of the 2021 NOUFUKU AWARD (agriculture and welfare partnership award). By recognizing outstanding examples of collaboration between agriculture and welfare sectors, the award aims to encourage nationwide practice, let it take root in each region, and build a momentum to scale up to a national movement.
The collaboration between agriculture and welfare is an initiative that contributes to promoting social participation by nurturing the confidence and zest for the life of people with disabilities and others through activities in the agricultural sector. It also contributes to realizing an inclusive society by helping to secure the workforce in the agricultural sector, which is facing labor shortages and an aging population.
The award-winning organizations are listed below.
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[Grand Prix] (2 organizations) Kyoumaruen Co., Ltd. (Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture) Sunsun Yamashiro (Kyotanabe City, Kyoto Prefecture) [Judges' Special Awards] (4 organizations) Yuzurihakai Nanohana, Social Welfare Corporation (Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture) Tatsuno Fukushikai, Special Non-profit Corporation (Sado City, Niigata Prefecture) Nanaya Co., Ltd. (Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture) Aki City Agriculture-Welfare Collaboration Study Group (Aki City, Kochi Prefecture) [Excellence Award] (7 organizations) Seiyukai Kobo Aguri no Sato, Social Welfare Corporation (Oirase-cho, Aomori) Hitotsubusha, Special Non-profit Corporation (Kisarazu City, Chiba Prefecture) Ishii Nursery Co., Ltd. (Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture) Izumi Ecology Farm Co. Ltd. (Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture) Ichimugikai Social Farm Mogitate, Social Welfare Corporation (Kinokawa City, Wakayama Prefecture) STEPUP CoCoRo, General Incorporated Association (Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture) Amamin of Reafedge Co. Ltd. (Ryugo Town, Kagoshima Prefecture) [Fresh Award] (6 organizations) Shinjuku City Network of Welfare Workshops for Persons with Disabilities (Shinjuku, Tokyo) Wakko Valley Yamafuku Norinsha, Special Non-profit Corporation (Chikuhoku Village, Nagano Prefecture) CuRA! (Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture) JA Gifu Happy Marche Co., Ltd. (Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture) YUJIYA INC. (Iga City, Mie Prefecture) Urizun Wilcher Farm (Okinawa City, Okinawa) [Challenge Awards] (6 organizations) Aomori Sukoyaka Welfare Organization, Social Welfare Corporation (Hirauchi Town, Aomori Prefecture) Fukushima Prefectural Ozasou School for Special Need Education (Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture) Abiko Farm Polepole Farm, Teijin Soleil Co, Ltd. (Abiko, Chiba) Shinwa Gakuen Shinwa Renaissance, Social Welfare Corporation (Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture) Taiyo Fukushikai, Social Welfare Corporation (Gobo City, Wakayama Prefecture) Shokokai San San Farm, Social Medical Corporation (Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture) |
For more information, please visit the website below (Japanese only):
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/press/nousin/kouryu/220208.html
