@article{Oniki:25813,
      recid = {25813},
      author = {Oniki, Shunji},
      title = {QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN JAPANESE  AGRICULTURE},
      address = {2003},
      number = {1002-2016-78200},
      series = {Contributed Paper},
      pages = {17},
      year = {2003},
      abstract = {As modern agricultural growth has been attained through  increasing use of material input, it is discussed whether  agricultural growth can be sustained in the long run within  the limit of environmental tolerance.  In order to  investigate the possibility of growth, this study applies  Aghion and Howitt's Schumpeterian growth model, and  conducts empirical analyses using rice production panel  data from eight regions in Japan for the period 1984 to  1999.  Estimation of the translog cost function, which  incorporates quality improvement effects, as well as the  growth accounting estimation, reveals that the growth with  quality improvement occurs, as the growth with increasing  material input is stagnant.  The quality-based innovation  does not lead to increases in chemical input, implying the  shift in innovation plays a key role in attaining  sustainable development, which also explains a greater  increase in pollution at the early stage of development and  its slowing down.  Sustainable growth can be attained  through quality innovation even if environmental  regulations are tightened.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/25813},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.25813},
}