The Process and Consequence of Paddy Field Policy Development in Japan: From Price Support and Market Measure to Direct Payment

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  • 水田農業政策の展開過程
  • 水田農業政策の展開過程 : 価格支持から直接支払いへ
  • スイデン ノウギョウ セイサク ノ テンカイ カテイ : カカク シジ カラ チョクセツ シハライ エ
  • 価格支持から直接支払いへ

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<p>The aim of this study is to describe the development process and history of paddy field policy and rice production adjustment measure in Japan. We examined the consequence of the political change from price support policy and market measure to direct payment, especially focusing on the situation after 2000. The points of this study are follows. The first is to consider the series of policy reforms in relation to the issue of national budget. The second is to compare the chain of Common Agricultural Policy reforms of the European Union to that of Japan. The last is to make clear the effect of the evolution of policy on the management conditions in various farm bodies based on official statistics and case studies. We can conclude that it is difficult for the Japanese Government to carry out direct payment policy such as the EU implements because the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries does not have enough budget. We found that the paddy field policy has improved farm structure through promoting concentration of diversified paddy fields into large-scale farms and that the bigger the farm acreage size would be, the higher the degree of dependence on direct payment would be.</p>

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