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Record Nr.

UNINA9910800058903321

Autore

Meer C. L. J. van der.

Titolo

Japanese agriculture : a comparative economic analysis / / ornelis L.J. Van der Meer and Saburo Yamada

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 1990

ISBN

1-134-97730-1

1-134-97731-X

1-280-11463-0

0-203-97643-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

YamadaSaburo <1931->

Disciplina

338.1/0952

Soggetti

Agricultural productivity - Japan

Agriculture and state - Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 1990 by Routledge."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter one Introduction; Chapter two Sectoral productivity performance in international perspective; Chapter three International comparison of agricultural productivity; Chapter four Agricultural development in Japan and the Netherlands; Chapter five How productive is present Japanese agriculture? In-depth comparisons of productivity in Japan, the Netherlands, Taiwan, and the USA; Chapter six The eclipse of Japanese agriculture; Chapter seven Prospects for Japan's agriculture

Chapter eight Relevance of Japan's post-war development experience for developing countries Appendix A Data for international comparison of growth of labour productivities used in Chapter Two; Appendix B Inter-country data for 1963, 1975, and 1985 used in Chapter Three; Appendix C Time-series data for Japan and the Netherlands 1880-1985 used in Chapter Four; Appendix D Data for comparisons among Japan, the Netherlands, Taiwan, and the USA for 1975, 1980, and 1984 used in Chapter Five; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Food prices in Japan are extremely high by international standards, and its agricultural sector is beset by low productivity. This book



determines what the real level of Japanese agricultural productivity is by comparing it with other developed countries and with less developed countries. Japan has set itself the goal of catching up with the European Community in agricultural productivity, and so the book makes an extended comparison of Japanese and Dutch agriculture to try and determine the likelihood of this happening. Extended inter-country comparisons with Taiwan and the United States a