According to a survey that was conducted in Japan in August 2021, almost 78 percent of female respondents stated that they did not know the meaning nor had they heard of the term "multi-functionality of agriculture", while around 61 percent of male respondents stated that they did not know it. Accordingly, the share of female respondents who stated that they knew the term was lower than that of male respondents.
Familiarity with the term multi-functionality in agriculture in Japan as of August 2021, by gender
online survey and postal questionnaire; 770 male and 885 female respondents
Supplementary notes
Original question: "Other than food production, agriculture also has the functions of landscape conservation, storage of rainwater in the soil, and stabilizing the amount of water flowing into rivers. This is called 'multi-functionality of agriculture'. Did you know this term?"
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Cabinet Office Japan. (October 1, 2021). Familiarity with the term multi-functionality in agriculture in Japan as of August 2021, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295729/japan-awareness-multi-functionality-agriculture-by-gender/
Cabinet Office Japan. "Familiarity with the term multi-functionality in agriculture in Japan as of August 2021, by gender." Chart. October 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295729/japan-awareness-multi-functionality-agriculture-by-gender/
Cabinet Office Japan. (2021). Familiarity with the term multi-functionality in agriculture in Japan as of August 2021, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295729/japan-awareness-multi-functionality-agriculture-by-gender/
Cabinet Office Japan. "Familiarity with The Term Multi-functionality in Agriculture in Japan as of August 2021, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295729/japan-awareness-multi-functionality-agriculture-by-gender/
Cabinet Office Japan, Familiarity with the term multi-functionality in agriculture in Japan as of August 2021, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295729/japan-awareness-multi-functionality-agriculture-by-gender/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Familiarity with the term multi-functionality in agriculture in Japan as of August 2021, by gender [Graph], Cabinet Office Japan, October 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295729/japan-awareness-multi-functionality-agriculture-by-gender/
