{"product_id":"betting-on-the-farm-institutional-change-in-japanese-agriculture-hardback-9781501762123","title":"Betting on the Farm; Institutional Change in Japanese Agriculture (Hardback) 9781501762123","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBetting on the Farm\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInstitutional Change in Japanese Agriculture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePatricia L. Maclachlan (Author), Kay Shimizu (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501762123\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 March 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages, 5 charts - 5 Charts\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatricia Maclachlan and Kay Shimizu take readers on a tour of farms across Japan to determine whether Mokumoku Farm is an outlier or the new normal in a farm economy buffeted by trade liberalization, falling rice prices, and aging farmers without successors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBetting on the Farm examines the changing landscape of Japanese agriculture from the postwar era through the post-1990s era of reform\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJapan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA), a nationwide network of farm cooperatives, is under increasing pressure to expand farmer incomes by adapting coop strategies to changing market incentives. \u003c\/b\u003eSome coops have adapted more successfully than others. In \u003ci\u003eBetting on the Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, Patricia L. Maclachlan and Kay Shimizu attribute these differences to three sets of local variables: resource endowments and product-specific market conditions, coop leadership, and the organization of farmer-members behind new coop strategies. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing in-depth case studies and profiles of different types of farmers, \u003ci\u003eBetting on the Farm\u003c\/i\u003e also explores the evolution of the formal and informal institutional foundations of postwar agriculture; the electoral sources of JA's influence; the interactive effects of economic liberalization and demographic pressures (an aging farm population and acute shortage of farm successors) on the propensity for change within the farm sector; and the diversification of Japan's traditional farm households and the implications for farmer ties with JA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Adapting to the Market: Institutional Change in Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA)\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Postwar JA Model: 1945-1990\u003cbr\u003e 3. Japan's Changing Agricultural Landscape: 1990-2018\u003cbr\u003e 4. Putting Farmers First: The Post-1990 Era of JA Reform\u003cbr\u003e 5. A Tale of Two Co-ops: The Processes of Strategic Adaptation\u003cbr\u003e 6. JA's Sanctuary: The Challenge of Reform in Rice-Centric Co-ops\u003cbr\u003e 7. Abenomics, JA Self-Reform, and the Future of Agricultural Cooperatives in Japan\u003cbr\u003e 8. Epilogue: It Takes a Village\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52735244763416,"sku":"9781501762123","price":45.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/betting-on-the-farm-institutional-change-in-japanese-agriculture-hardback-9781501762123","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}