The Economics Of Food Self Sufficiency In Japan
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The Economics Of Food Self Sufficiency In Japan
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Author : Daryl McLoughlin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
The Economics Of Food Self Sufficiency In Japan written by Daryl McLoughlin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Food supply categories.
During the two decades 1960-1980 the Japanese government was faced with a problem of declining domestic demand for rice and a persistent over-production which created mounting surpluses stored at public expense. In an attempt to remedy the situation the Japanese government imposed production controls on rice and offered incentives to farmers to grow alternative crops such as wheat. This thesis outlines the Japanese government's concern about food self-sufficiency and how this concern may be reflected in the government's wheat and rice pricing policies. The thesis evaluates the producer and consumer welfare losses due to this pricing policy. The thesis further evaluates associated economic costs of increasing self-sufficiency in wheat through other policy variables including income, producer price and land availability. The impacts on self-sufficiency in rice if Japan were to become 100 percent self sufficient in wheat production are also estimated. The methodology adopted was an extension of Bales and Greenshield's model to evaluate welfare loss. Transportation rates were calculated using a freight rate model developed by Clement. Prices for wheat and rice were derived from Japanese government, Food and Agricultural Organization, and USDA sources. Three methods were used to evaluate the associated cost of increasing self-sufficiency in wheat. The first method estimated the increase in total household income resulting from a one percent increase in the production of rice and wheat. The second determined the increase in the producer price of wheat necessary to equate the incomes of wheat and rice producers. The third method evaluated the potential of achieving 100 percent self-sufficiency in wheat production, and the effects this would have on the self-sufficiency ratio of rice. The study found that as a percent of Japanese Gross Domestic Product, social welfare losses resulting from the self-sufficiency policy were less than one percent for both rice and wheat. As a percentage of total expenditures on the two commodities, however, average welfare losses were 41 percent for rice and 118 percent for wheat. The introduction of the production control program increased the welfare losses for both wheat and rice. Criteria developed to measure the costs of increasing the self-sufficiency in rice found that the potential income from growing rice exceeds that of wheat, despite the production control program and incentives to farmers to grow wheat. The study estimated that producer prices of wheat would have to be raised from ten to five hundred percent to equate rice and wheat producers' incomes. The study also showed that a goal of 100 percent self-sufficiency in wheat production would have been unobtainable in the years following 1962, even if the potential divertable rice land was used for wheat production. The self-sufficiency ratio of rice, however, would remain above 100 percent for all years but three. Thus, it appears that the welfare losses due to the pricing policy are large while the potential to expand the production of wheat is limited under the Japanese policy.
Japanese Food Policy And Self Sufficiency
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Author : Lincoln College (University of Canterbury). Agricultural Economics Research Unit
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Japanese Food Policy And Self Sufficiency written by Lincoln College (University of Canterbury). Agricultural Economics Research Unit and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Food supply categories.
Japan S Food Prospects And Policies
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Author : Fred Hugo Sanderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Japan S Food Prospects And Policies written by Fred Hugo Sanderson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Business & Economics categories.
Ideas About Agriculture In The Political Economy Of Japan
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Author : James M. Brady
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2021-02-01
Ideas About Agriculture In The Political Economy Of Japan written by James M. Brady and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-01 with Political Science categories.
A major paradox in the political economy of Japan is why an enduring majority of citizens, as voters, consumers, and taxpayers, has explicitly supported or implicitly consented to a policy regime of agricultural protection that reduces material welfare and limits consumer choice. This book goes beyond standard political economy approaches that focus on self-interest pursuit by policy actors to contend that ideational factors are an important explanatory variable shaping the policy preferences of individuals towards agriculture and agricultural policy in Japan. The book traces the historical origins of ideas about agriculture, particularly those associated with the nōhonshugi tradition, and offers an original taxonomy classifying the development of agrarian thought from the Tokugawa era until the 1930s. It then analyses postwar media portrayals of agriculture in public policy debates around the 1961 and 1999 agricultural ‘basic laws’, charting the evolution of both economic and non-economic ideas in those periods. Finally, it investigates the predominant ideas held about agriculture by individuals today, as evidenced through public opinion survey data, and demonstrates that concerns about health and food safety, food self-sufficiency, and the environment strongly outweigh economic welfare considerations. The study concludes by examining developments in agricultural policy under the Abe administration in the context of these predominant ideas, and considers how those ideas could be operationalised in agricultural policy responses to major crises including the coronavirus pandemic and climate change.
The Debate On Food Security In Japan
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
The Debate On Food Security In Japan written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Agriculture categories.
Structural Changes In Japan S Food System
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Author : 食料・農業政策研究センター国際部会
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Structural Changes In Japan S Food System written by 食料・農業政策研究センター国際部会 and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Diet categories.
Food Security In Asia
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Author : Wen S. Chern
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2000
Food Security In Asia written by Wen S. Chern and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Food adulteration and inspection categories.
Papers from an April 1998 conference held in Taipei, Taiwan, analyze the forces affecting the demand for, and supply of, staple foods in both developed and developing Asian countries. Particular attention is paid to the effects of rice production strategies and trade policies on food security. Papers discuss the implications of trade liberalization in the ASEAN free trade area and in East Asia on agricultural trade and food security, and examine the implications of China's ongoing economic transition on its agricultural trade and its policy on self-sufficiency. Of interest to scholars of Asian studies, agricultural economics, and international economics. Chern is affiliated with the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics at the Ohio State University. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Food Security And Industrial Clustering In Northeast Asia
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Author : Lily Kiminami
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-09-25
Food Security And Industrial Clustering In Northeast Asia written by Lily Kiminami and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-25 with Business & Economics categories.
This book integrates diversified methodologies of area studies, regional economic development, regional science, and related fields to draw up a strategy for forming the “regional food industrial cluster” in Northeast Asia. This is done by assigning “innovation” to a core concept, with the basic problem of food security as the horizontal axis and the areas of Northeast Asia as the vertical axis. Specifically, the principle of “collaborative advantage” as a key factor is extracted from case studies on food industrial clustering in each area. As a final objective, a practical policy recommendation is presented while the theorization of the industrial cluster is developed. Therefore it is also a challenge to the old and new issue of food security which has been argued until now.
Japan S Agro Food Sector
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Author : Albrecht Rothacher
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1989-06-18
Japan S Agro Food Sector written by Albrecht Rothacher and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-06-18 with Business & Economics categories.
This book describes the profound structural change in Japan's agriculture from its politically marginalized, economically fragmented, traditional labour-intensive postwar mode of production to its current dual modern shape of a highly capitalized, politically organized and protected sector.
Evaluation Of Agricultural Policy Reforms In Japan
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Author : OECD
language : en
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Release Date : 2009-06-05
Evaluation Of Agricultural Policy Reforms In Japan written by OECD and has been published by OECD Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-05 with categories.
The report looks at the evolution of Japanese agricultural policy over the last several decades, but maintains its analytical focus on policies currently in place. In addition to reporting a wide variety of statistics, much of which were provided by ...