2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Analysis of International Vegetable Oil Market with Price Responsiveness of Farmers and Environment Burden
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21780203
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Agro-economics
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
MATSUDA Hirotaka The University of Tokyo, サステイナビリティ学連携研究機構, 特任講師 (50451901)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Keywords | 国際農業 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study analyzes effects of international vegetable oil market to vegetable oil plants productions in developing countries by focusing on Indonesia case since vital role of developing countries in vegetable oil plants productions is projected in tightening international vegetable oil market. Using concept of APT (Asymmetric Price Transmission) after understanding the structure of palm oil industry in Indonesia, it is shown that market power moved from palm oil milling companies to farmers.
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