An Emerging Agricultural Problem in High-Performing Asian Economies

Distorted incentives, agricultural and trade policy reforms, national agricultural development, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade, F13, F14, Q17, Q18,

SOURCES OF AGRICULTURAL GROWTH IN JAPAN, 1880-1965

International Development,

Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Japan, Korea and Taiwan

Distorted incentives, agricultural and trade policy reforms, national agricultural development, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade, F13, F14, Q17, Q18,

Poultry supply functions

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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

International Development, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,

FACTOR PRICES AND TECHNICAL CHANGE IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN, 1880-1960

The purpose of this paper is to explore the hypothesis that a common basis for rapid growth in agricultural output and productivity lies in a remarkable adaptation of agricultural technology to the sharply contrasting factor proportions in the two countries. It is hypothesized that an important aspect of this adaptation was the ability to generate a continuous sequence of induced innovations in agricultural technology biased towards saving the limiting factors. In Japan these innovations were primarily biological and chemical. In the United States they were primarily mechanical.International Development, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,