大槻家族農業経営論の検討

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to examine the late Professor Otsuki's view on the issues of family farm. His theory of family farm is constructed based upon the essential features of agricultural production, and hence his attitude toward the issues of family farm was also grounded on the essences of agricultural production. It is well-known that Professor Otsuki was in favor of small-sized farm business, but it does not seem to be clearly known why that is so. Allowing for this in mind, the present paper examines his way of thinking about the issues of family farm, taking examples of his policy proposals in favor of small-sized farm business. Examined first is his defining of agricultural production, and then explained is his thesis on why such an agricultural production was necessarily carried out by family farms. Also examined is Professor Otsuki's analysis of the characteristics of farm family labor, which had led him to make various pre-war as well as post-war policy proposals emphasizing the importance of family farms in the Japanese agriculture. With all these examinations, this paper finally makes it clear that Professor Otsuki had judged how the share of "amusing" portion in the total family labor was significantly large.