著者
耕野 拓一
出版者
北海道農業経済学会
雑誌
フロンティア農業経済研究 (ISSN:21851220)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.20, no.1, pp.33-44, 2017-02-28

Halal certification is a system used to certify items relating to food、 finance、 medical treatments、 and cosmetics、 among others. It indicates that these items have been prepared in conformance with Islamic percept and are permitted for Muslim consumption. In Japan、 a focus has been placed on expanding sales channels within the country by acquiring Halal certification for its exports、 primarily in relation to foods、 and the possibilities for exporting Japan’s food and farm produce to Islamic nations. As part of the grass roots technical co-operation project “Southeast Asian Food Industry Human Resources Development Project” conducted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in May 2014、the Obihiro Chamber of Commerce and Industry conducted a human resources exchange project for members of small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) related to the food industry. This project focused on Malaysia where、 even as an ASEAN nation、 the Halal certification system is in widespread use. Based on a survey of actual conditions in Malaysia、 Indonesia、 and within Japan that was carried out during the grass roots technical co-operation project、 this paper considers the problems involved in achieving Halal certification in the agriculture and food industries in Japan、 and the possibility of improving the added-value of Hokkaido farm produce by exporting this produce to Islamic countries in Southeast Asia. The majority of the farm produce exported from Hokkaido is marine based、 such as scallops and sea cucumbers、 while there are few exports of livestock produce such as beef. There are many beef producers who are interested in acquiring Halal certification for their product、 but there are no Halal-compliant slaughterhouse facilities in Hokkaido. As additional transport expenses are required to transport cattle to Halal-compliant slaughterhouses outside of Hokkaido、 Halal-compliant Hokkaido beef sold in stores domestically and overseas will likely be quite expensive. Many problems remain in facilitating the Halal compliance of Hokkaido beef、 such as methods of support related to these additional transportation expenses、 and methods of transportation that involve a mixed cargo of Halal-compliant items.
著者
ソイルカム バトゥール 志賀 永一 吉仲 怜
出版者
北海道農業経済学会
雑誌
フロンティア農業経済研究 (ISSN:21851220)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.15, no.1, pp.74-83, 2010-02-28

Pastoral livestock husbandry in Mongolia have suffered from three consecutive years of Dzud, since 1999. The paper examines the Dzud recovery condition among nomads and clarifies the process of recovery. Based on interviews with nomads from a Dzud affected area, the research revealed the change of the livestock composition, the changes of the economic value of livestock, and the tendency of moving to settlement areas among young members of herder families and an increase of education expenses. These changes show that in the Dzud recovery period. nomads begun to consider changes in their livelihood rather than just seeking to increase the number of livestock.
著者
Sasaki Ichio
出版者
北海道農業経済学会
雑誌
フロンティア農業経済研究 (ISSN:21851220)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.15, no.2, pp.63-68, 2010-12-27

本研究は、日本における新たな社会的下支えプログラムとしての「グリーンケア農業」の実践とその成果について論及したものである。ここでグリーンケア農業とは、農業者が農場資源を活用して心身に病みをもつ人びとに対して健康増進と社会復帰を助長する社会活動と定義される。全国の有機栽培農園におけるグリーンケア農業への応答及びその成果に関する分析結果、次の3点が明らかになった。すなわち、(1)有機栽培農園の67%がグリーンケア農業に関心をもち、19%は既に実践していた。(2)グリーンケアの成果として、農業者と彼らの来訪者の間の共感関係が生れていた。(3)来訪者に対する事前面談とその共感関係には関連性がある。日本のグリーンケア農業の展開に関して、理由は二つ示すことができよう。第一に、失業者、引きこもりなどの社会問題は、政府予算にのみ頼る従来型の社会福祉システムでは対処できなくなってきたことである。第2にこれが最も重要な理由であるが、自己の私的目的を失わず社会問題解決に貢献する「多元的な相関選好構造」をもつ新農業者が出現していることである。
著者
清水池 義治
出版者
北海道農業経済学会
雑誌
フロンティア農業経済研究 (ISSN:21851220)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.21, no.2, pp.11-25, 2019-03-31

This paper aims to test the effects of countermeasures implemented by the government to deal with recent butter shortages by making supply and demand adjustments. Since 2007, the food market in Japan has frequently faced an insufficient supply of butter, mainly because of a decrease in raw milk production. The government has devised two countermeasures in parallel, namely, butter imports through the National Import Control System (NICS) and Provisional Measures (PM) to support the additional production of milk products. The NICS has added an enormous volume of imported frozen bulk butter to the domestic market. The authorities concerned, however, have not been completely able to overcome butter shortages, especially as regards the refrigerated kind used for cooking, which accounts for approximately 60% of total butter consumption. The reason is considered to be imperfect product substitutability between frozen bulk butter and the refrigerated kind, due to smal-scale consumption and low profitability when subdivided packaging of bulk butter is involved. On the other hand, PM has promoted increased production of butter in spring and early summer through a switch in uses for raw milk, contributing to an elevated supply of refrigerated butter. These analyses have led us to the conclusion that effective supply and demand adjustments have substantially depended on not only imports by NICS but also vertical coordination in the uses for raw milk between agricultural cooperatives and milk processors in the private sector. It is important to recognize that such coordination does not work well without government interventionin the form of PM. The succeses of countermeasures for butter shortages are deemed to reflect the complementary relationship between the government and coperatives.
著者
吉田 裕介 白井 康裕
出版者
北海道農業経済学会
雑誌
フロンティア農業経済研究 (ISSN:21851220)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.20, no.2, pp.117-123, 2018-03-31

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate disparity factors in income by examining the influence of farm size and farm efficiency on farming income. The following were the four main findings; 1) The influence of farm size and farm efficiency on income showed annual fluctuations. 2) For some cases of large-scale upland farming operations there were large fluctuations in incomes because of fluctuations in farm efficiency, resulting in small average annual incomes. 3) The statistical relationship between revenue and income per unit area was very low, while there was a clear relationship between expenses and incomes per unit area for large-scale upland farming operations. 4) In large-scale upland farming operations where there were decreases in income, financial outlays were still necessary to maintain revenue. As above, large-scale upland farming suffering from lowered incomes showed low efficiency because of increases in expenses to ensure maintenance of revenue per unit area and avoiding overcropping of wheat. These farming enterprises caused some of the problems detailed in literature reviews, and other problems they encounter are to maintain farm efficiency by considering the balance between revenue and expenses.
著者
槇平 龍宏
出版者
北海道農業経済学会
雑誌
フロンティア農業経済研究 (ISSN:21851220)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.15, no.2, pp.19-32, 2010-12-27

The substantial agricultural entry by the enterprises other than the agricultural production legal person had been done before nationwide development of the designated "structural reform district (Kozo-Kaikaku Tokubetsu Kuiki)" of 2005. It is divided into two routes of "Entry into the facilities type agriculture that doesn't use the farmland" and "Entry (The agricultural production legal person's establishment by support from the enterprise to the farmer institution etc. is included) by the contract cultivation method". The enterprise acquired directly of the farmland and was able to borrow neither by two routes. The introduction of the lease method from 2005 and the revision Agricultural Land Law enforcement in 2009 that succeeds it do not pass the agricultural production legal person's establishment in addition to two the above-mentioned routes and enable the farm management by the farmland borrowing. As a result, the technique of the agricultural entry by a general enterprise changed greatly. The construction industry and the food business are occupying many to the type of business of the enterprise that enters agriculture. And there is a regionality in the region where the enterprise enters agriculture, and the construction industry enters the region for which the regional economy depends on the investment in public works. A lot when industry related to food enters an active region of agriculture, such as Hokkaido and Tohoku, on the other hand. Food companies often enter agriculture for a stable securing of the ingredient and process materials used by itself, and execute the production method with sticking to of organic farming etc. In this text, the feature with a general not only the its company production of farm products but also connection of the farmer in the region to the production contract dealings of food companies to enter agriculture in addition for securing a stable product was extracted.