Igata, MasayoHendriksen , AstridHeijman, Wim2021-06-282021-06-282008-10-31Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, Vol. 2 No. 1-2 (2008) , 29-331789-221Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/317861Outsourcing may well be a tool for increasing the efficiency of Japanese agriculture. However, outsourcing is not frequently used by Japanese farmers in their day-to-day management. This has resulted in a weakly developed market for agricultural contracting services. In order to take a closer look at the reasons for making use of outsourcing, a comparative study was carried out between the agricultural contracting sector in Japan and that in the Netherlands, where agricultural outsourcing is a regular practice. In the Netherlands, especially small, diversified farms that lack sufficient labour tend to outsource agricultural work; in Japan, the situation is far less clear. Cultural factors possibly play an important role.application/pdfAgricultural outsourcingfarm sizediversificationlabour shortagecultural factorsfolyóiratcikkOpen AccessUniversity of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Hungaryhttps://doi.org/10.19041/APSTRACT/2008/1-2/4Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce1-22APSTRACT1789-7874