Rice and Agricultural Policies in Japan

Rice and Agricultural Policies in Japan
Title Rice and Agricultural Policies in Japan PDF eBook
Author Nicole L. Freiner
Publisher Springer
Pages 188
Release 2018-09-19
Genre Political Science
ISBN 3319914308

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This book chronicles Japan’s rice farmers who live in mainly rural areas in the west and south of Japan through original interviews conducted in Japanese. It argues that current agricultural policy as well as the tightening relationship between the US and Japan is a death sentence for a traditional lifestyle that is vital to Japan’s notion of national identity. The project covers recent agricultural policies, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement and its potential consequences on Japan’s food sovereignty and documents the effect of these policies on rice farmers. This volume is ideal for those interested in Japan’s agricultural policies and rural and traditional Japanese lifestyle.

Japan's Agricultural Policy Regime

Japan's Agricultural Policy Regime
Title Japan's Agricultural Policy Regime PDF eBook
Author Aurelia George Mulgan
Publisher Routledge
Pages 258
Release 2006
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 0415366666

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This book charts the changes in Japanese agricultural policy in the post-war period and looks at the level at which such policy is designed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to protect its own interventionist powers

Rice, Agriculture, and the Food Supply in Premodern Japan

Rice, Agriculture, and the Food Supply in Premodern Japan
Title Rice, Agriculture, and the Food Supply in Premodern Japan PDF eBook
Author Charlotte von Verschuer
Publisher Routledge
Pages 371
Release 2016-02-22
Genre History
ISBN 131750450X

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The majority of studies on the agricultural history of Japan have focused on the public administration of land and production, and rice, the principal source of revenue, has received the most attention. However, while this cereal has clearly played a decisive role in the public economy of the Japanese State, it has not had a predominant place in agricultural production. Far from confining its scope to a study of rice growing for tax purposes, this volume looks at the subsistence economy in the plant kingdom as a whole. This book examines the history of agriculture in premodern Japan from the 8th to the 17th century, dealing with the history of agricultural techniques and food supply of rice, wheat, millet and other grains. Drawing extensively on material from history, literature, archaeology, ethnography and botany, it analyses each of the farming operations from sowing to harvesting, and the customs pertaining to consumption. It also challenges the widespread theory that rice cultivation has been the basis of "Japaneseness" for two millennia and the foundation of Japanese civilization by focusing on the biodiversity and polycultural traditions of Japan. Further, it will play a role in the current dialogue on the future of sustainable agricultural production from the viewpoints of ecology, biodiversity, dietary culture and food security throughout the world as traditional techniques such as crop rotation are explored in connection with the safeguarding of the minerals in the soil. Surveying agricultural techniques across the centuries and highlighting the dietary diversity of Japan, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Japanese history, the history of science and technology, medieval history, cultural anthropology and agriculture.

Rice as Self

Rice as Self
Title Rice as Self PDF eBook
Author Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 198
Release 1994-11-14
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1400820979

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Are we what we eat? What does food reveal about how we live and how we think of ourselves in relation to others? Why do people have a strong attachment to their own cuisine and an aversion to the foodways of others? In this engaging account of the crucial significance rice has for the Japanese, Rice as Self examines how people use the metaphor of a principal food in conceptualizing themselves in relation to other peoples. Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney traces the changing contours that the Japanese notion of the self has taken as different historical Others--whether Chinese or Westerner--have emerged, and shows how rice and rice paddies have served as the vehicle for this deliberation. Using Japan as an example, she proposes a new cross-cultural model for the interpretation of the self and other.

Handbook on Rice Policy for Asia

Handbook on Rice Policy for Asia
Title Handbook on Rice Policy for Asia PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Pages 51
Release 2012
Genre Rice trade
ISBN 9712202852

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Japanese Agriculture

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Japanese Agriculture
Title Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Japanese Agriculture PDF eBook
Author Akira Kiminami
Publisher Springer
Pages 174
Release 2019-08-14
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 9811380554

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This is the first book to comprehensively analyze key issues regarding innovation, entrepreneurship, and human resource development in the Japanese agricultural sector. Despite the fact that innovation and entrepreneurship are vital to the development of modern Japanese agriculture, there have been comparatively few studies in this field; in addition, they have been virtually none on measures for developing entrepreneurial human resources or innovation in agriculture. The agricultural sector’s declining competitiveness and sustainability as an industry in Japan are serious concerns, especially in combination with an aging labor force and decreasing farmland. To date, Japanese agricultural policies have largely concentrated on accumulating farmland and securing a sufficient agricultural labor force. However, from the perspectives of industrial and regional development, policies focusing on creating innovation, the driving force of economic development, have been recognized as being more effective. Moreover, there have been some recent developments concerning innovation and entrepreneurship in various regions of Japan. This book provides a wealth of significant findings from studies on successful cases involving e.g. agricultural clusters, agriculture–commerce–industry collaborations, networking, franchising, and corporate entry-induced innovation utilizing limited regional resources; and how they have contributed to the development of each region. The interrelationships between innovation, entrepreneurship, and human resource development are then clarified, and effective policies to promote Japanese agriculture and rural areas are suggested. Given its scope, the book contributes to the advancement not only of farm management science, but also of regional science and related fields.

Rice Policy in Japan

Rice Policy in Japan
Title Rice Policy in Japan PDF eBook
Author Keijiro Otsuka
Publisher
Pages 44
Release 1984
Genre Agriculture and state
ISBN

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