Betting on the farm : institutional change in Japanese agriculture

Japan 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. Some coops have adapted more successfully than others. In Betting on the Farm , 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. Using in-depth case studies and profiles of different types of farmers, Betting on the Farm 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.

Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA), a nationwide network offarm cooperatives, is under increasing pressure to expand farmerincomes by adapting coop strategies to changing market incentives.Some coops have adapted more successfully than others. InBetting on the Farm, Patricia L. Maclachlan and KayShimizu attribute these differences to three sets of localvariables: resource endowments and product-specific marketconditions, coop leadership, and the organization of farmer-membersbehind new coop strategies.

Using in-depth case studies and profiles of different types offarmers, Betting on the Farm also explores the evolutionof the formal and informal institutional foundations of postwaragriculture; the electoral sources of JA's influence; theinteractive effects of economic liberalization and demographicpressures (an aging farm population and acute shortage of farmsuccessors) on the propensity for change within the farm sector;and the diversification of Japan's traditional farm households andthe implications for farmer ties with JA.

Japan 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. Some coops have adapted more successfully than others. This book attributes these differences to three sets of local variables: resource endowments and product-specific market conditions, co-op leadership, and the organization of farmer-members behind new co-op strategies. Using in-depth case studies and profiles of different types of farmers, the book 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. Japan 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. Some coops have adapted more successfully than others. In this book, 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 organisation of farmer-members behind new coop strategies Adapting to the Market : Institutional Change in Japan Agricultural Cooperatives -- The Postwar JA Model : 1945-1990 -- Japan's Changing Agricultural Landscape : 1990-2018 -- Putting Farmers First : The Post-1990 Era of JA Reform -- A Tale of Two Coops : The Processes of Strategic Adaptation -- JA's Sanctuary : The Challenge of Reform in Rice-Centric Coops -- Abenomics, JA Self-Reform, and the Future of Agricultural Cooperatives in Japan -- Epilogue : It Takes a Village "This book explains variations in institutional change within Japan Agricultural Cooperatives in the context of deepening demographic pressures and shifting market incentives"-- Provided by publisher