A Study of Growth of the Farm and Supply of Agricultural Services from the View Points of Farm Structure and Industrial Structure

本研究从两个角度对近年来日本农业服务业的重要性不断提高进行了理论和实证研究。第一，农场结构研究农业服务业与农场增长的关系。第二，农业服务供给业的产业结构研究。研究结果如下：1.目前，农业服务中以机械设备的定制服务为主，其他农业服务也越来越重要.过去，主要是小农场依赖农业服务。但大型农场的依赖性正在增加。3.农业服务提供企业类型多样化.特别是集中提供农业服务的大型集体农场企业正在建立和发展壮大。5.与其他国家相比，特别是与美国相比，日本的农业服务提供企业之间的竞争很弱。农业服务供给的理论研究才刚刚起步，有必要从农业结构和产业结构两个方面对农业服务供给进行深入研究。

In this study, theoretical and empirical study of agricultural services which have been increasing their importance in Japan in recent years is conducted from two view points. Firstly, farm structural study of the relation between agricultural services and growth of the farm. Secondly, industrial structural study of agricultural service supply industry. The findings are as follows :1. Presently, custom services of machineries and facilities are most of agricultural services, but other agricultural services are becoming important.2. In the past, mainly small farms have depended on agricultural services. But the dependence of large farms is increasing.3. The types of agricultural service supply firms are diversifying.4. Especially, large scale collective farm firms which concentrate on supply of agricultural services are establishing and growing.5. Competition among agricultural service supply firms in Japan is weak compared to other countries, especially the United States.6. It is very important to have a high degree of this competition in order to have high quality and timely supply of agricultural services on the market.The academic study of supply of agricultural services has just started recently, and it is necessary to further develop this study in the approaches of farm structure and indusrrial structure.