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 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... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2008 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Apstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, Vol 2, Iss 1-2 (2008) |
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University of Debrecen
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Schlagwörter: | Agricultural outsourcing / farm size / diversification / labour shortage / cultural factors / Agriculture / S / Regional planning / HT390-395 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28759132 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.19041/APSTRACT/2008/1-2/4 |
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.