Agricultural outsourcing: A comparison between the Netherlands and Japan
Outsourcing may well be a tool for increasing the efficiency of Japanese agriculture. However, outsourcing is not frequently used by Japanese farmers in their day-to-day management. This has resulted in a weakly developed market for agricultural contracting services. In order to take a closer look a...
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University of Debrecen
2008-10-01
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| description | Outsourcing may well be a tool for increasing the efficiency of Japanese agriculture. However, outsourcing is not frequently used by Japanese farmers in their day-to-day management. This has resulted in a weakly developed market for agricultural contracting services. In order to take a closer look at the reasons for making use of outsourcing, a comparative study was carried out between the agricultural contracting sector in Japan and that in the Netherlands, where agricultural outsourcing is a regular practice. In the Netherlands, especially small, diversified farms that lack sufficient labour tend to outsource agricultural work; in Japan, the situation is far less clear. Cultural factors possibly play an important role. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7ae82992c6614cafb7021cb3fff78e212022-12-22T03:16:34ZengUniversity of DebrecenApstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce1789-221X1789-78742008-10-0121-210.19041/APSTRACT/2008/1-2/4Agricultural outsourcing: A comparison between the Netherlands and JapanMasayo Igata0Astrid Hendriksen 1Wim Heijman2Tokyo University of Agriculture, JapanWageningen University, Department of Social Sciences, the NetherlandsWageningen University, Department of Social Sciences, the NetherlandsOutsourcing may well be a tool for increasing the efficiency of Japanese agriculture. However, outsourcing is not frequently used by Japanese farmers in their day-to-day management. This has resulted in a weakly developed market for agricultural contracting services. In order to take a closer look at the reasons for making use of outsourcing, a comparative study was carried out between the agricultural contracting sector in Japan and that in the Netherlands, where agricultural outsourcing is a regular practice. In the Netherlands, especially small, diversified farms that lack sufficient labour tend to outsource agricultural work; in Japan, the situation is far less clear. Cultural factors possibly play an important role.https://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/apstract/article/view/7213Agricultural outsourcingfarm sizediversificationlabour shortagecultural factors |
| spellingShingle | Masayo Igata Astrid Hendriksen Wim Heijman Agricultural outsourcing: A comparison between the Netherlands and Japan Apstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce Agricultural outsourcing farm size diversification labour shortage cultural factors |
| title | Agricultural outsourcing: A comparison between the Netherlands and Japan |
| title_full | Agricultural outsourcing: A comparison between the Netherlands and Japan |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural outsourcing: A comparison between the Netherlands and Japan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural outsourcing: A comparison between the Netherlands and Japan |
| title_short | Agricultural outsourcing: A comparison between the Netherlands and Japan |
| title_sort | agricultural outsourcing a comparison between the netherlands and japan |
| topic | Agricultural outsourcing farm size diversification labour shortage cultural factors |
| url | https://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/apstract/article/view/7213 |
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