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Zusatztext 'This book is full of useful information about the structure of Japanese agriculture! its transformation! and obstacles to achieve it. That is why I strongly recommend policymakers! governmental agricultural officers! agricultural specialists! and agricultural economists! including graduate students! to read this book! learn lessons from the Japanese experience! and draw socially and globally useful policy implications.' Professor Keijiro Otsuka! National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies! Tokyo! Japan 'This book is a must-read for researchers seeking to understand diverse aspects of and approaches to the study of Japanese agricultural structure! particularly in the rice sector.' Professor Masayoshi Honma! Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics! University of Tokyo! Japan Informationen zum Autor Yoshimi Kuroda holds a PhD from Stanford University, USA. He is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, and Visiting Research Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development, Kitakyushu, Japan. His lifetime and representative research contributions are presented in his two-volume work entitled Production Structure and Productivity of Japanese Agriculture , published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2013. Klappentext Kuroda uses quantitative measures to investigate the rice production structure and effects of agricultural policies in Japan over the second half of the 20th century. Almost all policies have played negative roles in transferring paddy lands from small- to large-scale farms, which has slowed down to modernize the rice sector. Zusammenfassung Kuroda uses quantitative measures to investigate the rice production structure and effects of agricultural policies in Japan over the second half of the 20th century. Almost all policies have played negative roles in transferring paddy lands from small- to large-scale farms! which has slowed down to modernize the rice sector. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures List of Tables Foreword by Keijiro Otsuka Foreword by Masayoshi Honma Preface Acknowledgement List of Abbreviations IntroductionPart I The Production Structure of the Rice Sector of Japanese Agriculture during the Second Half of the 20th CenturyThe Objective of Part I1 Changes in Postwar Japanse Agriculture, Problems Setting up, and the Analytical Framework [Ab: Changes in Postwar Japanse Agriculture]1.1 Introduction1.2 Statistical Observations of Postwar Japanese Agriculture1.2.1 Postwar Agricultural Production in Japan as a Whole1.2.2 Postwar Movements of Farmlands in Tofuken and Tohoku1.2.3 Postwar Movements of the Number of Farm Households in Tofuken and Tohoku1.2.4 Postwar Movements of the Agricultural Budgets 1.2.5 Postwar Movements of the Utilization of Farmlands1.2.6 Postwar Movements of the Public Investments in Agricultural R&D and Extension Activities 1.2.7 The Outline of the Quantitative Investigations of the Rice Production Structure and the Effects of Variable Policy Measures2 Technology Structure of the Rice Sector of Japanese Agriculture: (I) A Translog Vari- able Cost (VC) Function Approach [Ab: Translog VC Function Approach]2.1 Introduction2.2 Agricultural Production in Tohoku2.3 Analytical Framework2.3.1 The Variable Cost (VC) Function Model2.3.1.1 The VC Function Model (A)2.3.1.2 The VC function Model (B)2.3.2 Tests for the Technology Structure of Rice Production2.3.2.1 Homotheticity2.3.2.2 No Technological Change2.3.2.3 Hicks Neutral Technological Change2.3.2.4 Extended Hick Neutral Technological Change2.3.2.5 Cobb-Douglas (C-D) Production Function2.3.2.6 Constant Returns to Scale (CRTS)2.3.3 Basic Economic Indicators of the Technology Structure of Postwar Rice Production2.3.3.1 Factor Demand Elasticities and the Allen, Morishima, and McFadden (Shadow) Elas- ticities of Factor Substitutions2.3.3.2 Returns to ...
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'This book is full of useful information about the structure of Japanese agriculture, its transformation, and obstacles to achieve it. That is why I strongly recommend policymakers, governmental agricultural officers, agricultural specialists, and agricultural economists, including graduate students, to read this book, learn lessons from the Japanese experience, and draw socially and globally useful policy implications.'
Professor Keijiro Otsuka, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan
'This book is a must-read for researchers seeking to understand diverse aspects of and approaches to the study of Japanese agricultural structure, particularly in the rice sector.'
Professor Masayoshi Honma, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tokyo, Japan
