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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meer, C. L. J. van der.

Contributor:

Yamada, Saburō, 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural productivity--Japan.

Agricultural productivity.

Agriculture and state--Japan.

Agriculture and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

"First published 1990 by Routledge."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-97730-1

1-134-97731-X

1-280-11463-0

0-203-97643-6

9780203976432

OCLC:

275283932