num_pages: 224
description: Can Japan's beef industry survive into the next century? Per capita consumption of beef and veal has increased in Japan by more than fivefold in the period 1960 to 1990, and is still increasing. Imports have grown and a central issue is the extent to which Japan's domestic beef industry canmeet projected demand and compete with foreign-produced beef. This book begins with an overview of agriculture in Japan and of the changes which have and are taking place in dietary patterns and beef consumption. It then assesses the current production situation and technological changes. Theauthors describe their own computer program for the economic analysis of embryo transfer, a technique which has the most potential to reduce significantly the cost of beef production. The concluding chapter then provides a summary of policy implications in relation to technological, economic andsocial factors.
language: English
title: Japan's Beef Industry: Economics and Technology for the Year 2000
titlecomplete: Japan's Beef Industry: Economics and Technology for the Year 2000
publisher: Oxford University Press