abare research report 06 24 www abareconomics com i nno v a t on n econom cs japanese agriculture forces driving change ivan roberts suthida warr and gil rodriguez december 2006 ii commonwealth of australia this work is copyright the act 1968 permits fair dealing for study news reporting criticism or review selected passages tables diagrams may be reproduced such purposes provided acknowledgment source included major extracts entire document not by any process without written permission executive director issn 1037 8286 isbn 1 920925 79 s g prepared australian government department fisheries forestry canberra bureau agricultural resource economics gpo box 1563 2601 telephone 61 2 6272 2000 facsimile 2001 internet professionally independent economic agency project 3088 iii foreword rapid expansion economy in four decades up to early 1990s resulted
