The development and dissemination of improved sugarcane varieties, interior regions of the Empire Japan.

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H06662
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Economic doctrine/Economic thought
• Research Institution: Meiji Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: OSAWA Atsushi 明治学院大学, 経済学部, 助教 (30756482)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 品種改良 / 砂糖 / サトウキビ / 植民地 / 経済発展

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In colonial Taiwan , the process of selective breeding of sugarcanes was advancing by the industrialization policy. As the Government-General of Formosa implemented the fertilizer subsidy policy to spread the selected species that transplanted from abroad, sugar-manufacturing companies became to improve economic efficiency. And big businesses played a central role of development and dissemination of breed improvement after WWⅠ. As a result growth of firm and increasing the sugarcane famer’s income occurred simultaneously interior regions of the Empire Japan.

Free Research Field

経済史