Autore
Zhou, Jian-Ming

Titolo
Proposals for land consolidation and expansion in Japan
Periodico
European University Institute of Badia Fiesolana (Fi). Department of Economics - Working papers
Anno: 1996 - Fascicolo: 36 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 28

Fragmented small farms in Japan and other high wage rice-based economies in monsoon Asia have become an obstacle to sustainable rural development. This problem has not yet been resolved under private land ownership. This article recommends that based on a mixed economy of private ownership of farmland and public ownership of infrastructure land, dispersed parcels of farms could be consolidated through exchange of private ownership and location into compact land units, which could then be enlarged by individual lease or cooperative/enterprise production; land could also be turned to public ownership to be contracted to expert farmers and cooperatives/enterprises - both would achieve economies of scale of land. In either process, intervention of governments, education of public opinion, active participation of farmers, and combination with overall rural development are necessary, and application of satellite remote sensing and computer technologies is helpful.



Testo completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/608

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