Betting on the Farm: Institutional Change in Japanese Agriculture

by Kay Shimizu, Patricia L MacLachlan, Patricia L. Maclachlan

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501762125
• ISBN13: 9781501762123
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"