Changes in the division of the cereal market in colonial Korea

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  • 穀物需給をめぐる日本帝国内分業の再編成と植民地朝鮮 : 鉄道輸送による地域内流通の検討を中心に
  • コクモツ ジュキュウ オ メグル ニホン テイコク ナイ ブンギョウ ノ サイヘンセイ ト ショクミンチ チョウセン テツドウ ユソウ ニ ヨル チイキ ナイ リュウツウ ノ ケントウ オ チュウシン ニ

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The aim of this paper is to elucidate how the changes in the cereal market in Korea were related to the broader framework of the agricultural policy of the Japanese Empire during the interwar period, as well as with domestic industrialization in Korea. In the early 1920s, there was a division in the cereal market in the Japanese Empire, in which Korea exported rice to Japan (homeland) and imported millet from Manchuria. However, the regional differences in demand for cereals in Korea stemmed from the relative price increase of millet compared to rice and the industrialization between 1927 and 1928. The emergence of the regional differences in Korea can be explained by the following factors. First, in the north, the demand for millet was increased by the railroad construction and the industrialization in the area along the railroad. Second, in urban areas in the south, the demand for rice was stimulated by the rise in the standard of living, which was an outcome of the industrialization. Third, in rural areas in the south, an increase in barley production and self- sufficiency in its consumption resulted from the development of irrigation facilities and the increased use of fertilizer encouraged by the Rice-Crop Augmentation Plan.

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