サクヤマ　タクミ   SAKUYAMA Takumi   作山　巧    所属   明治大学  農学部    職種   専任教授
言語種別	英語
発行・発表の年月	2006/05
形態種別	学術雑誌
査読	査読あり
標題	Direct payments for environmental services from mountain agriculture in Japan: Evaluating its effectiveness and drawing lessons for developing countries
執筆形態	単著
掲載誌名	electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics
掲載区分	国外
出版社・発行元	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
巻・号・頁	3(1),pp.27-57
概要	This article evaluates the effectiveness of ex-post targeting of the direct payment program for mountain agriculture in Japan. A regression analysis explaining the entry into the program shows that the farm profitability and the production cost were significant positive and negative factor, respectively, in determining the uptake, while the efforts by local governments were a robust factor in facilitating the enrollment. These findings imply ineffective ex-post targeting and call for the differentiation of the premium, alternative incentives to promote forestation for the un-enrolled fields and additional funds targeted to those prefectures with the low uptake ratio. Lessons drawn from the Japanese experience for effective incentive measures in developing countries include the use of composite indicators in designating eligible areas to avoid the risk of insufficient targeting and the engagement of local governments to facilitate the entry through the reduction of transaction costs among participants.