@article{Kikuchi:242296,
      recid = {242296},
      author = {Kikuchi, Masaya},
      title = {The Extent of Damage from the Nuclear Accident on  Agricultural Produce from Fukushima Prefecture: A View from  the Wholesale Market Trends},
      journal = {Journal of Rural Economics},
      address = {2013-12},
      number = {359-2016-18466},
      pages = {11},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {This report is aimed at revealing the details of and the  factors for the impacts of the nuclear accident on major  agricultural produce such as vegetables from Fukushima  Prefecture by analyzing the relationship between wholesale  quantity and price, and comparing it before (average of  2007-2010) and after (2011 and thereafter) the disaster.  Insights are drawn from a combination of wholesale market  data sets provided by Agriculture & Livestock Industries  Corporation (ALIC) and survey interviews with key  informants such as wholesalers at Tokyo Metropolitan  Central Wholesale Market, JA Zen-Noh (National Federation  of Agricultural Co-operative Associations) Fukushima,  Utsukushi-Fukushima Agricultural Corporations Association,  and Agricultural Council in Fukushima Prefecture, as well  as leading supermarket chains. First, at Tokyo Metropolitan  Central Wholesale Market (Tokyo Market) and Osaka Central  Wholesale Market (Osaka Market), normal relations between  quantity and price have not been observed since the  earthquake, which is particularly so in Tokyo Market,  indicating the emergence of structural changes. Second,  three major trends deserve attention in Tokyo Market, which  is the largest buyer of Fukushima crops: (i) On the whole,  both sales quantities and unit prices have been declining  since the earthquake. Moreover, the trend has worsened in  2012 compared with 2011. (ii) On the other hand, some  commodities remained unaffected in 2011. (iii) Unit prices  of some commodities were on rebounding trends from 2011 to  2012. Third, the aforementioned three trends are underlain  by multiple factors rather than single factors. Although  the normal quantity-price relation holds true in regard to  the essential goods that faced a supply shortage from other  domestic sites in the peak season, for other goods there  are cases in which producers lost their bargaining power  over price in the context of compensation in place by TEPCO  for nuclear damage, thereby inducing trend (i). In light of  the uncertainty over the duration of TEPCO's compensation,  it will be necessary to formulate and implement specific  plans on regaining supply capacity and bargaining power in  order for producers to sustain themselves whenever the  compensation program terminates.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/242296},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.242296},
}