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The Development of Group Farming in Post-War Japanese Agriculture

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  • Sarker, Ashutosh
  • Itoh, Tadao

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The paper analyzes how Japanese group farming organizations have developed since World War II. In post-war Japanese agriculture, part-time farmers are increasing, and heirs and successors to the older farmers are leaving farms and rural areas as a consequence of rapid industrialization. About nine years after the emergence of post-war voluntary group farming, the government introduced the concept of corporate (group) farming, appealing in particular to young farmer-successors hoping that corporate (group) farming would help them get benefits similar to those offered by industries in urban areas. The study reveals that thanks to the government's special support and laws, the number of corporate (group) farming organizations has rapidly increased although it is still low as compared to the number of voluntary group farming organizations. Nowadays, however, group farming plays an important role in post-war Japanese agriculture. This paper also discusses briefly how Japanese group farming differs from, or is similar to, group farming in some other Asian countries, developed and developing.

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  • Sarker, Ashutosh & Itoh, Tadao, 2001. "The Development of Group Farming in Post-War Japanese Agriculture," Journal of Rural Cooperation, Hebrew University, Center for Agricultural Economic Research, vol. 29(1), pages 1-23.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jlorco:61050
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.61050
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    1. Bina Agarwal & Bruno Dorin, 2019. "Group farming in France: Why do some regions have more cooperative ventures than others?," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 51(3), pages 781-804, May.
    2. Mohamed Esham & Hajime Kobayashi, 2013. "Farmer Companies in Sri Lanka: Lessons from Agricultural Cooperatives in Japan," Millennial Asia, , vol. 4(2), pages 117-133, October.

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