This year Japan experienced its hottest July on record, with temperatures reaching 2.16 degrees Celcius (3.9 Fahrenheit) higher than average, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The globe has seen a 1.2 C (2.2 F) rise in average temperature since preindustrial times, and scientists agree...
Land fragmentation, in which a farm operates multiple, separate plots of land, is a common phenomenon in Japan and many other countries. Usually, land fragmentation is regarded as a harmful phenomenon as it increases production costs and reduces the advantages of scale economies. However, it is ...
In this study, we investigated relatively large‐scale rice farms in Japan and assessed the relationship between the types of organization and farm attributes, such as farmland conditions and human resources. While adjusting this effect with propensity scores, we then estimated how the type...
In January 2023, I landed at Shonai Airport. I headed to a building that used to be a large restaurant in front of a shrine overlooking the Sea of Japan, where Mr. Nitta welcomed us. He had taken on the responsibility of preserving and operating this historic but abandoned building. He ...
However, since the current WTO rules have several unfair aspects favorable to exporting countries with large-scale farms, it would be difficult for Asian small-scale rice farming to survive under these rules. The rules focus on economic... N Suzuki - Agricultural Economics Society of Japan 被引...
Joji Terasaka farms in Okayama. He said last year a hot period dried up the rice. He added, "I am worried about that this year because it will be just as hot." 冈山寺坂丈二农场。他说去年炎热的天气使稻米干涸。他补充道:“我很担心今年,因为今年也会一样热。” This year Japan had ...
Tijani, A.A. 2006. Analysis of the technical efficiency of rice farms in Ijesha Land of Osun State, Nigeria. Agrekon. 45(2): 126-135. Workshop on Green Revolution in Asia and its Transferability to Africa, 8-10 December 2002. Tokyo, Japan....
Because even part-time rice farming remained profitable, farm families were unwilling to sell their land to their neighbors, which would have allowed the creation of larger, more efficient farms--but also might have accelerated the depopulation of the countryside. Last summer, reformers headed by ...
Small farm rice production in Japan (Source: Growing Rice in Japan) Rice production is on the rise in many areas of Africa and other regions of the equatorial belt, specially small farm rice production. Many farms in these areas working with small plots of land may hold promise for the use...
Japan's rice sector is supported by high prices paid by consumers that allow many farm households to maintain small rice farms. Japan's government controls trade within a tariff-rate quota and imposes a prohibitively high tariff on imports outside the quota. Within Japan, diversion programs pay...