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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Agricultural outsourcing: A comparison between the Netherlands and Japan
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| Autores: |
Igata, Masayo
Hendriksen, Astrid
Heijman, Wim J.M.
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| Data: |
2009-03-17
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| Ano: |
2008
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| Palavras-chave: |
Agricultural outsourcing
Farm size
Diversification
Labour shortage
Cultural factors
Agricultural and Food Policy
International Development
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
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| Resumo: |
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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| Tipo: |
Journal Article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/48332
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| Relação: |
APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce> Volume 2, Numbers 1-2, 2008
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1-2
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| Formato: |
6
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