Since the promotion of rice tariffication, the competitiveness enhancement of domestic rice farming has emerged as a major policy challenge. Although the rice farming is recognized as an agriculture with relatively low profitability while rice prices fall due to excessive rice production, etc., it can be referred to as a critical task to maintain a certain level of rice farming for food security, maintaining multi-functionality of agriculture.
In order to secure the competitiveness of rice agriculture, it is necessary to secure the production system with low-cost and high quality by field units through a large-scaled and organized production complex, and to establish the innovative management system that can lead to such complexation and diversification for enhancing the agricultural income base. This study intends to place a focus on the presentation of a promotion model suitable for regional characteristics through understanding and evaluation of the status of agricultural firms by the fields, and also on the research that leads to the income source diversification through co-work for a more effective model.
Major contents of this study are as follows. Chapter 2 reviewed the primary view on the promotion of farming firms and its expected effect. Specifically, this chapter examined the challenges that rice farming and the rice industry are confronted with, and the expected effects that agricultural firms have. Chapter 3 reviewed the trends and issues of the rice farming firm promotion policy. Specifically, this chapter examined the trends of policies and others related to rice farming firms conducted by the central government and local governments, and their problems in view of policy implementation. Chapter 4 reviewed the status and operating practices of the rice farming firms. In particular, this chapter examined the management status, management performance and best practices of 55 facility and equipment supporting businesses, and reviewed the implications associated with the promotion of them. Chapter 5 examined the trends and practices of colonized agricultural policy in Japan. Finally, chapter 6 presented the direction of promotion of rice farming firms for rice agriculture efficiency and the efficiency policy for rice farming firms promotion.
As the major research methods, first, the preceding study related to rice farming firms and the policy data of the central and local governments were reviewed. Second, the survey was carried out to examine the actual status of rice farming firms. Third, the practices of rice farming firms were surveyed. Fourth, the case studies were carried out on institutional and policy trends in Japan. Fifth, policy experts meetings were held.
The basic directions of rice farming promotion are: ① social and economic organization management firms, ② fostering regionally differentiated business models, and ③ establishment of rice agricultural supporting systems by regions.


Researchers: Park Moonho, Hwang Euisik and Heo Joonyung
Research period: 2015. 1. ~ 2015. 10.
E-mail address: mhpark@krei.re.kr