Transition of imported wheat government sale method / domestic wheat trading method and management behavior / reorganization of flour milling companies

• Project/Area Number: 18K05842
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 41010:Agricultural and food economics-related
• Research Institution: Iwate University
• Principal Investigator: YOKOYAMA HIDENOBU 岩手大学, 人文社会科学部, 教授 (70240223)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: 製粉企業 / 輸入小麦政府売却方式 / 国産小麦取引方式 / 経営戦略 / 小麦主産地 / 地場産小麦 / 中小製粉企業 / 小麦 / 政府売却方式 / 取引方式 / 再編

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Deregulation in government sale method of the imported wheat and trading method of domestic wheat has affected the management behavior of both major flour milling companies and small and medium-sized flour milling companies. A major flour milling company is trying to secure a domestic flour sales share by strengthening price competitiveness by consolidating factories while maintaining a system that relies on imported wheat for the main flour milling raw material. On the other hand, small and medium-sized flour milling companies tend to rely more on locally produced wheat for their flour milling raw materials as they become smaller, and they are trying to respond to the flour sales competition by pushing the characteristic flour of local wheat use and stone milling to the front. Under deregulation, various factors are intertwined and the milling industry is being reorganized.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は1990年代初頭以降の輸入小麦政府売却方式・国産小麦取引方式と製粉企業の経営行動に関する研究の空白を埋めるとともに，政府の「農業競争力強化プログラム」（2016年11月）が「国際競争に対応できる生産性の確保を目指した業界再編・設備投資等を推進する」対象に製粉企業を挙げた下で，製粉産業の実態を踏まえて今後の製粉産業の再編を考える際の着目点を析出した。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Trends in The Flour Milling Industry and Management Response of Small and Medium-Sized Milling Companies : Based on Recent Movements Centered on the 2010s (2021)
  • Author(s): 橫山英信
  • Journal Title: Artes Liberales = アルテスリベラレス Volume: 109 Pages: 163-184
  • DOI: 10.15113/00015517
  • NAID: 120007189940
  • URL: http://id.nii.ac.jp/1399/00015517/
  • Open Access
• [Journal Article] Japan's Wheat Supply-Demand Structure and The 2020 Food, Agriculture and Rural Basic Plan : Examination of The Basic Plan Presentation Measures Based on The Current Situation of Wheat Supply and Demand and Production (2020)
  • Author(s): 横山英信
  • Journal Title: Artes Liberales = アルテスリベラレス Volume: 107 Pages: 199-221
  • DOI: 10.15113/00015159
  • NAID: 120006957278
  • URL: http://id.nii.ac.jp/1399/00015159/
  • Open Access
• [Journal Article] 「新たな麦政策大綱」後における飼料用麦政策の基本的性格―国内生産・輸入をめぐる諸動向を踏まえて― (2019)
  • Author(s): 横山英信
  • Journal Title: アルテス・リベラレス（岩手大学人文社会学部紀要） Volume: 104 Pages: 55-81
  • NAID: 120006713289
  • Open Access
• [Journal Article] 2010年代における国産小麦の需給・生産をめぐる動向―産地品種レベルでの動きを射程に入れて― (2019)
  • Author(s): 横山英信
  • Journal Title: アルテス・リベラレス（岩手大学人文社会科学部紀要） Volume: 105 Pages: 43-66
  • NAID: 40022214583
  • Open Access
• [Journal Article] 農地制度問題をめぐる今日的諸論点の経済学的・法学的検討－2009年農地法等改正以降の農地制度改編の到達点を踏まえて－ (2018)
  • Author(s): 横山英信
  • Journal Title: アルテス・リベラレス（岩手大学人文社会学部紀要） Volume: 103 Pages: 77-102
  • NAID: 120006557669
  • Open Access
• [Book] 農産物・食品の市場と流通 (2019)
  • Author(s): 日本農業市場学会編（横山英信他14名執筆）
  • Total Pages: 229
  • Publisher: 筑波書房
  • ISBN: 9784811905495