1990 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
International Comparative Research of Agricultural Policy Reform
| Project/Area Number |
63301091
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)
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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 |
IMAMURA Naraomi The University of Tokyo Faculty of Agriculture Professor, 農学部, 教授 (60020525)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YOSIDA Tosiyuki The Agriculture Policy Research committee Executive researcher, 主任研究員
SAKAI Tomio The University of Toyama Faculty of Economics Associate Professor, 経済学部, 助教授
ODAGIRI Tokumi The University of Tokyo Faculty of Agriculture Instructor, 農学部, 助手 (10201998)
WAKASIRO Naoya The University of Tokyo Faculty of Agriculture Lecuturer, 農学部, 講師 (40011994)
TANIGUCHI Nobukazu The University of Tokyo Faculty of Agriculture Associate Professor, 農学部, 助教授 (80163632)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1988 – 1990
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| Keywords | Agricultural Policy Reform / GATT / Price Support System of Food / Policy of Agricultural Structure / De-coupling |
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| Research Abstract |
(]SY.encircled1.[) The world market of farm products as a whole has faced with relative surplus. However, some countries have had problems of surplus and some countries have suffered from problems of deficit. So the subiects of the agricultural policy reform in each country are different according to the problem by which each country has benn confronted.
(]SY.encircled2.[) The developed countries of the West World have been confronted by the problem of surplus of farm products which was caused by the policies for increasing farm products. These policies have been mainty adopled as the counter actions against the food crisis in the beginning of 1970's. Price support policies which follow the policies for inceasing farm products have leaded the financial difficulties in the era of lowgrowth-economy. EC and US have been adopting the new policies so called "decoupling" which cut the linkage of production policies and income policies for farmers. But these countries have been strengthening t
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he subsidy policies to win the race of export of farm products and they have not yet reached agreement on making the new rule for the international trade of farm products in GATT negotiations.
(]SY.encircled3.[) Most of the socialist countries have overcome the hunger problem by securing the absolutely needed supply of food. But these countries have been suffering from the relative hunger. Because these countries have been achieving the higher income level and the demand for meat and milk products is in creasing gradually and they are confronted by the deficit of feed grain. They are not able to import feed grain enough because of the deficiency of foreign goods. So they are expected to reform the farm structure and to increase farm products. Under these conditions China and USSR have been trying to promote the agricultural policy reform.
(]SY.encircled4.[) Japan has also been promoting the agricultural policy reform since 1987 mainly because of improving financial difficulties. The main subjects of reform are the adjustment for import policy of farm products, food conlrolled policy, production controlled policy and farm structure policy. Japan has suffered from the lowest self sufficiency rate of foods against the high rate in other developed countries of the West World. So food importing countries which are confronted by extremely low self sufficiency rate like Japan are expected to promote the agricultural policy reform based on the philosophy that the policy of supporting and maintaining agricultural production is most important issue in these countries for the future of the people and the world. Less
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