Economic Growth, Agricultural Development and Rice Productivity in Korea

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  • 韓国の経済成長と農業発展
  • 韓国の経済成長と農業発展 : 稲作生産性を中心として
  • カンコク ノ ケイザイ セイチョウ ト ノウギョウ ハッテン : イナサク セイサンセイ オ チュウシン ト シテ
  • 稲作生産性を中心として

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<p>This paper identifies features of agricultural development in Korea, focusing on Korea’s rice productivity through comparison with Japan’s rice productivity. In addition, contributing factors to rice productivity growth in Korea are also investigated, with particular attention to technological progress, economies of scale and farmland liquidation. It is found that the direction of rice varietal improvement has shifted from high-yield to high-quality orientations in Korea as well as Japan, given the excess supply of rice due to a decrease in rice consumption per capita with economic growth. Largescale production of rice per household was barely observed in either Japan or Korea, in spite of the existence of economies of scale from mechanization in rice farming. In consequence, rice productivity has stagnated since the 1990s in both countries, whereas, income disparity between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors in Korea has been growing, in contrast to Japan. Furthermore, it seems anomalous that farmland liquidation did not significantly advance in Korea, although regulation of farmland property right was less rigorous in Korea than in Japan.</p>

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