OECD Food and Agricultural Reviews
Innovation, Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in Japan
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1787/92b8dff7-en
OECD Food and Agricultural Reviews
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Foreword
Innovation, Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in Japan is a part of the OECD Food and Agricultural Reviews series. It examines the conditions in which farms and businesses in Japan undertake innovation in the food and agriculture sector to become more productive and environmentally sustainable. The review starts with an overview of the food and agriculture sector and outlines development challenges and opportunities (Chapter 2). It then considers a broad spectrum of policies according to the main channels or incentive areas through which they affect productivity growth and the sustainable use of resources (Chapter 3); the agricultural policy environment (Chapter 4); the agricultural innovation system (Chapter 5); and human capital development in agriculture (Chapter 6). Chapter 1 summarises the findings of this review and provides policy recommendations.
Policies in Japan are analysed following the analytical framework developed by the OECD, in the context of work with the G20, to evaluate the extent to which existing policies facilitate productivity growth and sustainability in food and agriculture. To date, this framework has been applied to Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Peoples Republic of China, Estonia, Korea, Latvia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey, and the United States.
Acknowledgements
This review was prepared by Shingo Kimura and Makiko Shigemitsu. Urszula Ziebinska, Martina Abderrahmane, Masahiro Takano, Karine Souvanheuane, Florence Bossard and Noura Takrouri Jolly provided statistical support. Martina Abderrahmane, Michle Patterson and Misha Pinkhasov provided editorial assistance and prepared the report for publication. OECD country reviews on innovation, productivity and sustainability in agriculture are led by Catherine Moreddu. Frank van Tongeren provided overall management.
The inputs to this review included several background reports by national experts: on agricultural policy by Fumihiro Kabuta of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (currently Nakamura Gakuen University); on agricultural R&D system by Masayasu Asai of the Policy Research Institute of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; and on skills and human resource development policy by Tomohiro Uchiyama of the Tokyo University of Agriculture.
Valuable comments from OECD colleagues were greatly appreciated including those from Ken Ash, Carmel Cahill, Frank Van Tongeren, Catherine Moreddu, Guillaume Grure, Jess Anton and Charles Cadestin. This report has benefitted from comments by Mikitaro Shobayashi of Gakushuin Womens College.
The OECD is grateful for the assistance in the implementation of this project and the valuable comments received from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan and the Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD. The OECD would also like to thank the experts and stakeholders in Japan for providing information and constructive comments during OECD missions to Japan.
This review was declassified by the Working Party on Agricultural Policies and Markets in March 2019.
Acronyms
ABIC
Agri-Food Business Innovation Center
AEI
Agro-Environmental Indicators
AEM
Agro-Environmental Monitoring
AFFRC
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council
A-FIVE
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Fund Corporation for Innovation Value-Chain and Expansion Japan
AI
Artificial Intelligence
AIS
Agricultural Innovation System
APC
Agricultural Production Corporation
API
Application Programming Interface
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASTI
Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators
BERD
Business Expenditures on R&D
BRAIN
Bio-Oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution
CAP
Common Agricultural Policy
CGIAR
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CIAT
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
CPTPP
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
CSTI
Council for Science, Technology and Innovation
EAPVP Forum
East Asia Plant Variety Protection Forum
EPA
Economic Partnership Agreement
ESA
Endangered Species Act
ESI
Essential Science Indicators
EU15
15 European Union countries prior to 1 May 2004
FDI
Foreign Direct Investment
FKII
Field for Knowledge Integration and Innovation