4 PUTTING FARMERS FIRST The Post-1990 Era of JA Reform

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables and Figures ix
4. Preface xi
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Note on Transliteration xvii
7. 1 ADAPTING TO THE MARKET Institutional Change in Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA) 1
8. 2 THE POSTWAR JA MODEL 1945–1990 21
9. 3 JAPAN’S CHANGING AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE 1990–2018 50
10. 4 PUTTING FARMERS FIRST The Post-1990 Era of JA Reform 82
11. 5 A TALE OF TWO CO-OPS The Processes of Strategic Adaptation 113
12. 6 JA’S SANCTUARY The Challenge of Reform in Rice-Centric Co-ops 139
13. 7 ABENOMICS, JA SELF-REFORM, AND THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN JAPAN 169
14. EPILOGUE It Takes a Village 186
15. Notes 193
16. Bibliography 215
17. Index 229