Japanese Market Development Programs under PL 480 in the late 1950s

Focus on Wheat and Rice

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ID8156572
AuthorsAtsushi Atsushi (Kyoto University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume95
Issue2
Pages245
Publication date2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAgricultural History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-1482 • E-ISSN: 1533-8290
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3098/ah.2021.095.2.245
OpenAlexW3160164041
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

The US Government concluded Public Law (PL) 480 Title I agreements with Japan in 1955 and 1956. The purpose of this article is to reexamine Japanese market development programs under PL 480. The findings are as follows: (1) Japan was regarded as a potential market for rice and other US commodities as well as wheat; (2) Judging from Japanese and US government documents, USDA officials did not intend to replace Japanese rice with US wheat; (3) Market development plans for US rice had failed due to the damaging effect on diplomatic relations with Southeast Asia and the contradiction with Japan's food policy. Among the crucial factors that decided the market development program results, this article emphasizes the importance of recipient countries' policies and multilateral relations

Agricultural economics · Agroforestry · Agronomy · Biology · Business · Economics · Focus (optics · Physics · Political science · Asian Industrial and Economic Development

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