Field Work; Farming in Japan  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 407 no. 8831 (Apr. 2013), page 27-28.
Topik: Farmers; Political Power; Political Parties; Agriculture; Economic Conditions

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Part-time farmers mounting their tractors in their spare hours are a much-loved part of the Japanese landscape. Often elderly, they have other employment too, or their families help them financially: either way, farming is not their sole source of income. The sheer number of such farmers drags down the sector's productivity. Of Japan's 1.5m farmers, only 420,000 are engaged in farming full-time. Part-timers tend not to invest, and often farm badly. Yet by force of numbers, they wield political influence, through the national network of local farm co-operatives called Japan Agriculture (JA). With its tight links to the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the agriculture ministry, and employing an astonishing 240,000 staff in Tokyo and around the country, the JA is probably Japan's most powerful lobby.

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