{"product_id":"betting-on-the-farm-1","title":"Betting on the Farm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJapan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA), a nationwide network of farm cooperatives, is under increasing pressure to expand farmer incomes by adapting coop strategies to changing market incentives. \u003c\/b\u003eSome coops have adapted more successfully than others. In \u003ci\u003eBetting on the Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, Patricia L. Maclachlan and Kay Shimizu attribute these differences to three sets of local variables: resource endowments and product-specific market conditions, coop leadership, and the organization of farmer-members behind new coop strategies. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing in-depth case studies and profiles of different types of farmers, \u003ci\u003eBetting on the Farm\u003c\/i\u003e also explores the evolution of the formal and informal institutional foundations of postwar agriculture; the electoral sources of JA's influence; the interactive effects of economic liberalization and demographic pressures (an aging farm population and acute shortage of farm successors) on the propensity for change within the farm sector; and the diversification of Japan's traditional farm households and the implications for farmer ties with JA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Patricia L. Maclachlan and Kay Shimizu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573506474166,"sku":"9781501762147","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781501762147.jpg?v=1712138614","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/betting-on-the-farm-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}