Agronomists they advise small hold farmers in the mountains for example on how to get a bank loan purchase livestock or set up a market garden. The corrupt correct nick nature park is a lovely place to hike but visitors are few and far between because of the pandemic lock downs and travel restrictions. The people and flocks who live here are pretty much alone. There are many feeder is a shepherd he has a hard time making a living but unlike many of his contemporaries who go abroad he wants to stay. Also in lima often comes up here to the mountain pastures to talk to the locals find out what problems they face and help work on solutions. They say its getting harder and harder to find places for their flocks to graze. The numbers of the seabees decreasing every year and. Have taken over the past or a length of the basra area this is the main problem that they are losing. Significant part of. Its a vicious circle. Im ready for spends the summer months up in the mountains they spend the winter down in the village i marries mother doesnt need to worry about her son he learnt everything he knows from her. He knows he doesnt lead a comfortable life like people in the city but he also knows that he has a lot more than his family did 100 years ago. I dont know. Of course i would like to have a big car. But you have to make a choice. If you love this kind of life up here as i do then you cant go and live in a big city there. Still its tough tending sheep or growing crops here and our aim for the next series that we need to lets say support these activities and these families in order that they can lets say profit from the from this activity that they are doing this is the main the main think. Armory feed as families seem to be content with their lives. They recently built a new house next to their old one things have been improving from one generation to the next. On lama heads off to visit another family. He receives a warm welcome. You know. Just on the eldest son works in sweden but he stuck at home because of a pandemic. Hes the one wearing a baseball cap. His mother is sad because hes keen to leave again she cant understand why whats more the youngest son wants to go to sweden to. Us and lama says the government has to realize that more and more people will leave unless things improve one issue is the infrastructure the roads in the mountains are poor government he says should give help heres the still on the core the home record tradition is all well and good but what should we do if we cant sell what we make. The nearest areas 50 kilometers away and there are no government guarantees we get no government support. So its hard to maintain tradition but youre on. Its often easier to make money abroad than to continue farming here. The old farm buildings are Still Standing but the no car family have now built a modern house mainly financed with bunnies i mean in sweden. The area might be beautiful but without jobs or prospects young people will continue to go away far away. Theres a similar trend in japan here too its hard to get young people excited about a life in rural areas most want to live in cities where all life is and in money studying partying its partly down to demographics japan has one of the oldest populations world want you to and the long Life Expectancy japanese men have an average of 81. 4 years. Women more than 87 years. Entire areas of the country are aging rapidly and young people are desperate to get away. 2 years ago sutters swept the worlds biggest metropolitan area for rural back forces he was fed up with tokyo. He has hills and valleys instead of bright lights and bustling crowds. The prefecture is dubbed the Japanese Dollar mines. Satyrs mission is to help develop one more cool demographically speaking its the oldest village in the country 2 thirds of people here are over 65 thats a record to younger people to the village the state has agreed to pay newcomers wages and Living Expenses for 3 years for that south has been prepared to help everyone out for example making she so mucky in the service station on the main thoroughfare theres plenty of opportunity to chat while busy with me so she rolls and potato salad and gone through we were very open to him and quickly became friends with him. And the best thing of all is that he married his girlfriend and had a baby with her here on the new. Man and sutter says he will continue to do his best he helps wherever he can in the kitchen on the till and in the fields the mayor has come to visit he sutters point of contact with the state sponsored program for sideshow has its quite a balancing act with creasing young people while not ignoring the older generation. At the moment there are 6 or 7 people in the village who are over 100 years old people here live for a really long time regularly examine people trust their physical and Mental Health we give them cognitive training to help keep them mentally i drive thats what im busy with at the moment. Such as says the old people here are hale and hearty thanks to clean air lots of exercise and healthy food the only thing that he doesnt like here is the amount of driving but he realizes theres no way around it. At 1st sounds are used to travel around the village with his wife but shes currently living with her parents for a few months thats customary for new mothers in japan. Meanwhile his having to get used to coping alone and being a Long Distance father to his daughter i heard you want your school expected. Children are desperately needed here. 10000 people used to live in one more call thats shrunk to 1800. People here used to and money from the land but those days are over. The young people left and the elderly state. It can get pretty lonely in. This state funded Development Cooperative has provided south here with the work space in the village hall he has a desk with a stable Internet Connection his friend and colleague tucker for me or no was born here hes one of the few who returned and is also fighting for the villages survival. More those are the more you have to respect the people whove always lived here thats important but the views of newcomers bring a fresh breath of air that theyve got other connections and networks of the more that can be useful and were grateful for every single idea. The 1st idea was to build a home for retirees creating jobs and a place where people can be sure that their grandparents are well looked after the 2nd idea a program to enable city kids to get to know the area and get them interested in village life. Satele and auto have got plenty to discuss out on the veranda or no has built himself a new home here something that hasnt happened for years and he too has a baby the symbol of a good future i want to find even when we lived in yamagata we never felt that we were working for something from it for the good of a village or anything like that here its as if everything we do benefits the village how should they put it we feel closer to things here. Things are looking up for you to. He has one year of taxpayers money left after that he has to be able to stand on his own 2 feet. A prize winning flower breeder wants to help him mr ito is satos mental satu is going to take over his business. Well look thats now. It was a good idea to come here i get up in the morning and say its going to be sunny today or its going to rain and just looking up the weather im working makes me happy now. 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