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AGRICULTURAL POLICY IN JAPAN
Author(s) -
Tsubota K.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1985.tb00184.x
Subject(s) - agriculture , hectare , agricultural policy , agricultural economics , common agricultural policy , livestock , western europe , situated , economics , business , geography , economic policy , european union , artificial intelligence , computer science , archaeology , forestry
Japan is situated at the opposite end of the European continent from Western Europe. Climate, culture and history all differ greatly between the two, as does agriculture. Half of the farmland is devoted to paddy rice, livestock raising is still a new industry and the average farm size is only one hectare. Nevertheless, one would find many similarities in policy. The oversupply of major agricultural products is one of the most serious problems in Japan, whilst slow structural reform is the other, and a declining rural community is undermining the agricultural base. This paper confines itself to an outline of Japanese agricultural policy, without making explicit comparisons with Western Europe.