B. A. of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, Mar. 2005

M. A. of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, Mar. 2007

Ph. D, The University of Tokyo, Jul. 2010

Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Policy and Structure

Environmental science/Agricultural science, Agricultural sociology, Agricultural Policy and Structure

Environmental science/Agricultural science, Agricultural sociology, Agricultural Economics

Humanities & social sciences, Economic policy, Agricultural Policy

Apr. 2025 - Present
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Professor

Apr. 2025 - Present
Ibaraki University, College of Agriculture, Professor

Oct. 2014 - Mar. 2025
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Associate Professor

Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2025
Ibaraki University, Department of Regional and Environmental Science, College of Agriculture, Associate Professor

Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2018
University of California Riverside, School of Public Policy, Visiting Scholar

Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2014
JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo

Oct. 2012 - Mar. 2013
University of Oxford, United Kingdom, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Visiting Academics

Aug. 2010 - Mar. 2011
JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo

Apr. 2009 - Jul. 2010
JSPS Research Fellow (DC2), Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo

Apr. 2007 - Jul. 2010
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Doctoral Course

Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2007
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Master Course

Apr. 2003 - Mar. 2005
The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Agriculture, 地域経済・資源科学課程 比較農業・経済学専修

Sep. 2024 - Present
Editorial Member, The Farm Management Society of Japan

May 2024 - Present
Director, The Food, Agriculture and Rural Economics Society

Nov. 2023 - Present
Director (Vice Chairman of Editorial Committee), The Political Economy and Economic History Society

Jun. 2023 - Present

Sep. 2021 - Present

Jul. 2019 - Present

Jun. 2018 - Present
常設審議委員, Ibaraki Chamber of Agriculture

Mar. 2025
Public Hearing, Speaker, Committee on Budget, House of Councillors, The National Diet of Japan

Sep. 2022 - Sep. 2024
Executive Director, The Farm Management Society of Japan

Nov. 2020 - Oct. 2023
Member of Editorial Commitee, The Political Economy and Economic History Society

Jan. 2023
Temporary Committee Member, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Jul. 2020 - Jun. 2022
Editorial committee member, The Japan Association of Regional Policy

Mar. 2016 - Jan. 2022
Vice Director of Kanto Branch, The Japan Association of Regional Policy

Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2021
Member of Collaborative Committee, The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan

Apr. 2019 - Oct. 2020
Member of Research Committee, The Political Economy and Economic History Society

Jul. 2018 - Jun. 2020
Director, The Japan Association of Regional Policy

Apr. 2019 - May 2020
Executive Director of Assistant to President, The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan

Apr. 2017 - May 2019

May 2018 - Mar. 2019
Executive Director of General Affairs, The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan

Oct. 2015 - Sep. 2017

Oct. 2014 - Sep. 2017

Aug. 2013 - Sep. 2017
農業者支援のあり方に関する調査研究・委員, Rural Finance Research Institute

Apr. 2012 - Mar. 2017

Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2017

Apr. 2015 - Oct. 2015
収入保険制度のあり方に関する調査研究・委員, Central Union of Japan Agricultural Cooperative

Jun. 2014 - Mar. 2015
平成26年度新規就農等相談活動事業推進委員会・委員, National Chamber of Agriculture

Feb. 2015
JA農地利用継承・集積研究会・委員, Central Union of Japan Agricultural Cooperative

Dec. 2014
集落営農の経営確立に係る検討プロジェクト・委員, Central Union of Japan Agricultural Cooperative

Dec. 2013 - Mar. 2014
鶴岡農業統計調査・委員, Agricultural Policy Research Committee

Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2009
Auditor, Rural Issues Association of Japan

Sep. 2019
東北農業経済学会, 2018年度東北農業経済学会賞（木下賞）学会誌賞
Japan, Official journal
Kunio Nishikawa

Aug. 2018
Ibaraki University, 平成30年度国立大学茨城大学学長学術表彰奨励賞
"Policy Change" and Ninaite on Paddy Field Agriculture: Focusing on Tayagawa District, Chikusei-city, Ibaraki Prefecture, Others
Kunio Nishikawa

Sep. 2017
The Farm Managemnt Society of Japan, 2017年度日本農業経営学会奨励賞
"Policy Change" and Ninaite on Paddy Field Agriculture: Focusing on Tayagawa District, Chikusei-city, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan society
Kunio Nishikawa

Apr. 2017
The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership and Social Science Research Council, 2016 Abe Fellowship
The future direction of Japan's rice farming industry under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) regime: an approach from California, International academic award
Kunio Nishikawa
国際交流基金日米センター（日本）と米国社会科学研究評議会（アメリカ）の共催

Oct. 2015
The Social Science Research Council, New Voices from Japam 2015
United States of America, International academic award
Kunio Nishikawa

Mar. 2011
Rural Issues Association of Japan, 2010年度農業問題研究学会奨励賞
品目横断的経営安定対策と集落営農―「政策対応的」集落営農の実態と課題―, International academic award
Kunio Nishikawa

Leadership in Japan’s Agriculture and Agricultural Policy: Focusing on Rice Policy
Kunio Nishikawa
Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics, Mar. 2025, Refereed, Invited
Lead

Regional Plan and Management Structure of Corporations and Farm Households
Kohei Furuta; Atsushi Horibe; Kunio NishikawaKento Yoshida; Toshiyuki Yoshida
Japan's Agriculture, Sep. 2024, Not refereed, Not invited

“Leadership in Japan’s Agriculture” and Agricultural Policy: Focusing on Rice Policy
Kunio Nishikawa
Journal of Rural Economics, Sep. 2024, Refereed, Invited
Lead

Distribution Cost Structure of Rice Exports: A Case Study on A Company in Ibaraki Prefecture
Kunio Nishikawa
Japanese Journal of Farm Management, Jul. 2024, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

New Development of Japanese Sake Industry: From Materials Procurement, to Local Distribution and Export
Katsutoshi ONAKA; Shohei SATO; Kunio NISHIKAWA; Toshiyuki YOSHIDA
Japan's Agriculture, Nov. 2023, Not refereed

Status and Prospects of Rice Industry and Paddy Agriculture: Records of "Forum of Rice Industry"
Kunio Nishikawa; Shinichi Shogenzi; Hazime Kobayashi; Shuichi Yokota; Kengo Nagai; Norihisa Senda; Toshiaki Yagi; Takeharu Imashiro; Masuo Fuzio; Takushi Sunminaka; Teizo Kageyama; Akiya Minami; Hideo Kimura; Toshiyuki Yoshida
Japan's Agriculture, Mar. 2023, Not refereed, Invited

U.S. international food assistance: an overview
Kunio Nishikawa (originally written by Alyssa R; Casey and Emily M; Morgenstern)
のびゆく農業―世界の農政―, Mar. 2023, Not refereed, Invited

Existence Structure of Double-Cropping Paddy Farming in the Setouchi Region: Comparative Analysis of Okayama and Kagawa Prefecture
Kunio NISHIKAWA
Journal of Rural Economics, Dec. 2022, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Problems of Food, Farm and Rural Areas under the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kastuhito Fuyuki; Kunio Nishikawa
Journal of the Rural Issues, Dec. 2022, Not refereed, Invited
Last

Sustainability of Agriculture and Rural Areas, and Existence Conditions of Farm Entities with Various Sizes and Forms: Statistics and Survey Analysis on Uonuma City, Hilly Areas.
Mitsuyuki Hirabayashi; Kunio Nishikawa; Shohei Sato; Toshiyuki Yoshida
Japan's Agriculture, Aug. 2022, Not refereed, Not invited

Reorientation and Principal Farmers of Double Cropping Farming in Tochigi Prefecture
Kunio NISHIKAWA
Japanese Journal of Farm Management, Jul. 2022, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Special issue: natural resource management in rural areas and ecosystem conservation
Kunio NISHIKAWA
農村と都市をむすぶ, Jun. 2022, Not refereed, Not invited

Winter flooded fields and hunting in California, United States
Kunio NISHIKAWA
農村と都市をむすぶ, Jun. 2022, Not refereed, Invited

Structure of Production Region of Good Tasty Rice in Hokkaido: Through Surveys in Pippu, Kamikawa-Chuo
Kunio NISHIKAWA; Mistuyoshi Ando; Takaaki Watanabe; Mitsuyuki Hirabayashi and Toshiyuki Yoshida
Japan's Agriculture, Mar. 2022, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

Shrink in Food Rice Market and Present Status of Rice Export Promotion
Kunio NISHIKAWA
農業・農協問題研究, Nov. 2021, Not refereed, Invited

Status and issues of rice production adjustment policy in Ibaraki Prefecture
Kunio Nishikawa
農村と都市をむすぶ, Oct. 2021, Not refereed, Invited

Present Status and Issues of Green Soybean Development in Paddy Agricultural Region: Zyoetsu and Chuetsu Region in Niigata Prefecture
Shohei Sato; Kunio Nishikawa; Mitsuyuki Hirabayashi and Toshiyuki Yoshida
Japan's Agriculture, Aug. 2021, Not refereed, Not invited

Conditions of Double Cropping Farms in the Southwest Warm Region of Japan
Kunio Nishikawa
Japanese Journal of Farm Management, Jul. 2021, Refereed, Not invited

“Stage one” U.S.-Japan Agreement: agriculture
Kunio Nishikawa (originally written by Anita Regmi)
のびゆく農業―世界の農政―, Jun. 2021, Not refereed, Invited

Regional Economies and the Cooperative Movement in the U.S. Rust Belt: Wisconsin's Rural Electric Cooperatives
Kunio Nishikawa
The Journal of Political Economy and Economic History, Apr. 2021, Not refereed, Invited

茨城県における農地中間管理事業の到達点と展望―農地の担い手への集積と公的把握―
Kunio Nishikawa
土地と農業, Mar. 2021, Not refereed, Invited

Structural Change and Family Farms in Paddy Agricultural Region
Mitsuyuki Hirabayashi; Yuuki Isogai; Atsuhi Horibe; Takushi Iida; Kento Yoshida; Kunio Nishikawa; Shohei Sato; Toshiyuki Yoshida
Japan's Agriculture, Mar. 2020, Not refereed, Not invited

Large farmer's response to production adjustment policy: production conversion by rice, scale expansion and channel selection
Mitsuyuki Hirabayashi; Yuuki Isogai; Atsuhi Horibe; Takushi Iida; Kento Yoshida; Kunio Nishikawa; Shohei Sato; Toshiyuki Yoshida
Japan's Agriculture, Mar. 2020, Not refereed, Invited

Trend of the Cooperative Extension in the U.S.: Concerning the Reform in Wisconsin
Kunio Nishikawa
農業協同組合経営実務, Feb. 2020, Not refereed, Invited

California's Rice Farming under Democrat-controlled State Administration: Melancholy of Farmers and Support Structure of Republicans
Kunio Nishikawa
Journal of the Rural Issues, Jan. 2019, Refereed, Invited

Present staage of shonai's paddy agriculture: does the historical pattern of structural change transform?
Kunio Nishikawa
Journal of Rural Society and Economics, Jul. 2018, Refereed, Invited

Japan's Agriculture in The Process of Shrinking: 2015 Census of Agriculture and Field Studies
Mistuyoshi Ando; Noboru Hashizume; Takaaki Watanabe; Katsunori; Nakamura; Kunio Nishikawa; Mitsuyuki Hirabayashi; Yurie Koshiba; Toshiyuki Yoshida; Haruhiko Iba and Masaru Shinagawa
Japan's Agriculture, Mar. 2018, Not refereed, Not invited

Development of the Farmland Bank and its factors in Ibaraki prefecture: focusing on the relationship with the JA organizations and the continuance of farmland mobilization
Kento Yoshida and Kunio Nishikawa
Journal of Rural Economics, Mar. 2018, Refereed, Not invited
Corresponding

Labor management and hiring temporary workers in the community based farming
Kunio Nishikawa
Japanese Journal of Farm Management, Oct. 2017, Refereed, Not invited

Perspectives of agricultural interest groups on the US Agricultural Act of 2014 and its background
Kunio Nishikawa and Katsutoshi Onaka
Journal of the Rural Issues, Jul. 2017, Refereed, Not invited

Factorial analysis on rice direct marketing by regional cooperatives in Ibaraki prefecture: a comparative study between JA Ibaraki-minami and JA Kita-tsukuba
Kento Yoshida and Kunio Nishikawa
Journal of Rural Economics, Mar. 2017, Refereed, Not invited

Features of Structural Change in Shonai Agriculture
Kunio Nishikawa
Japan's Agriculture, Mar. 2016, Not refereed, Not invited

Meaning and limitation of farm processing in the development of community based farming
Kunio Nishikawa and Shohei Sato
The Japanese Journal of Regional Policy Studies, Sep. 2015, Refereed, Not invited

Trend and direction of cooperation between JA agricultural advisory service and agricultural extension service
Kunio Nishikawa
Monthly Review of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Finance, Apr. 2015, Not refereed, Not invited

Household Expenditures in Japan during the Interwar Period: Analysis Focused on Family Responses and their Limitation
Kazutoshi Kase; Takeshi Kohama; Kuniaki Saito; Kazuhiko Yoshida; Atsuhi Osawa; Tomotake Oshima; Kunio Nishikawa; Hitoshi Tanai; Ryoichi Tanaka; Tomohiko Takayanagi and Yohei Kozima
ISS Research Series, Mar. 2015, Not refereed, Not invited

Structural change in paddy field agriculture under DPJ administration
Kunio Nishikawa
Journal of Rural Economics Special Issue 2014, Dec. 2014, Refereed, Not invited

The role of community based farming organization in maintaining middle class farmers
Kunio Nishikawa
Journal of Rural Community Studies, Sep. 2014, Refereed, Not invited

Afterward of the "policy adaptive typed" community farming
Kunio nishikawa
Japanese Journal of Farm management, Jul. 2014, Refereed, Not invited

Growth and stability of family farm in hen industry
Kunio Nishikawa; Tsuyoshi Miyata
Japanese Journal of Farm Management, Dec. 2013, Refereed, Not invited

Development logic of direct rice marketing by consumer cooperative and problems caused by low-end consumers need
Kunio Nishikawa
Journal of the Rural Issues, Jul. 2013, Refereed, Not invited

Development of "organized farm management" and rural agriculture
Kunio Nishikawa
Journal of the Rural Issues, Jan. 2013, Refereed, Invited

Existence structure of hiring labors typed paddy field management in current phase
Kunio Nishikawa
Japanese Journal of Farm Management, Jun. 2012, Refereed, Not invited

Development logic of direct marketing of rice farmers in current phase
Kunio Nishikawa
Journal of Rural Economics, Jun. 2012, Refereed, Not invited

Changing process from "farm work trust" to "rental contract" in paddy field agriculture in the phase of reduction in rice price
Kunio Nishikawa
Journal of the Rural Issues, Jun. 2010, Refereed, Not invited

Cross-commodities Typed Scheme for Farm Stability and Community Based Farming
Kunio Nishikawa
Japan's Agriculture, Mar. 2010, Not refereed, Not invited

Structural change of paddy field agriculture caused by diversify of rice demand after late 1990s and change in marketing strategy of farm management and JA
Kunio Nishikawa
Bulletin of The Nippon Agricultural Research Institute, Dec. 2009, Not refereed, Not invited

Subjects of "policy adaptive typed" community based farming
Kunio Nishikawa
Japanese Journal of Farm Management, Sep. 2009, Refereed, Not invited

Structural change in Shonai agriculture and subjects toward reorientation in the phase of reduction in rice price
Kunio Nishikawa
Journal of Rural Community Studies, Sep. 2009, Refereed, Not invited

Relationship between land use typed farm management and agricultural cooperative in the current phase
Kunio Nishikawa
Journal of Rural Economics Special Issue 2008, Dec. 2008, Refereed, Not invited

Factors of reduction in rice price in the current phase
Kunio Nishikawa
The Journal of Political Economy and Economic History, Oct. 2008, Refereed, Not invited

Deepening of low-end demand and current situation of production of high value added rice
Kunio Nishikawa
Journal of Rural Economics Special Issue 2007, Dec. 2007, Refereed, Not invited

Formation of System of Local Production for Local Consumption led by Food Supermarket
Kunio Nishikawa
農業の基本問題に関する調査研究報告書, Mar. 2005, Not refereed, Not invited

Rice demand forecast that was not accurate
Kunio Nishikawa
The Nikkei, 14 Apr. 2025, Not refereed, Invited
Lead

Special issue, status and issues of commercial whaling
Kunio Nishikawa
農村と都市をむすぶ, Apr. 2025, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

"Fair price" and production costs of agricultural commodities
Kunio Nishikawa
Living and Cooperation, Mar. 2025, Not refereed, Invited
Lead

Trends and Prospects of rice Price Formation
Kunio Nishikawa
農村と都市をむすぶ, Nov. 2024, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

"An unsolved problem" faced by the Rice Riot of Reiwa
Kunio Nishikawa
Sekai, Nov. 2024, Not refereed, Invited
Lead

Special issue, Status of horticulture in paddy fields and utilization converting
Kunio Nishikawa
農村と都市をむすぶ, Oct. 2024, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

Market Trends of Rice and Processed Foods in California, United States
Kunio Nishikawa
農村と都市をむすぶ, May 2024, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

Discussion Points about Farm Commodities Price Formation
Kunio NISHIKAWA
農村と都市をむすぶ, Mar. 2024, Not refereed, Invited

Trends of Rice and Rice Processed Foods Market in California, United States (1)
Kunio NISHIKAWA
農村と都市をむすぶ, Feb. 2024, Not refereed, Invited

Expanding Possibilities of New Farmers
Kunio Nishikawa
Farming Guide Book, 2024
Lead

Introduction of Technical Intern Traning and Scale Expansion in Horticultural Farm
Kunio NISHIKAWA
農村と都市をむすぶ, Dec. 2023, Not refereed, Invited

Review of Basic Law as Dark Tone
Kunio NISHIKAWA
月刊NOSAI, Nov. 2023, Not refereed, Invited

Special Issue: Present Stage of Paddy Varieties Development
Kunio NISHIKAWA
農村と都市をむすぶ, Oct. 2023, Not refereed, Invited

Rice Production Adjustment and National Finance
Kunio NISHIKAWA
The Grain Importers Association Journal, Sep. 2023, Not refereed, Invited
Lead

Current Status and Issues of Farmland Bank
Yoshio IKEDA; Kunio NISHIKAWA
農村と都市をむすぶ, Aug. 2023, Not refereed, Invited
Last

Price and Demand in Rice Policy: Does Cheap Price Promote Consumption to Increase?
Kunio NISHIKAWA
The Grain Importers Association Journal, Jul. 2023, Not refereed, Invited
Lead

REview of Basic Plan for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas, and Rice Policy: Focusing on Supply-Demand of Feed Rice
Kunio NISHIKAWA
農村と都市をむすぶ, May 2023, Not refereed, Invited

米の生産調整における水田利用の構想―畑地利用と湛水利用をめぐって―
Kunio NISHIKAWA
The Grain Importers Association Journal, May 2023, Not refereed, Invited

米の生産調整における「農業者・農業者団体が主役となるシステム」と「選択制」―概念の形成と移行の過程―
Kunio NISHIKAWA
The Grain Importers Association Journal, Mar. 2023, Not refereed, Invited

輸出伸びるもコスト競争力低い日本米，加工品などの付加価値向上も一手―米輸出増加の要因と今後の課題―
Kunio Nishikawa
ニューカントリー, Jan. 2023, Not refereed, Invited

Can we replace demands for MA rice?
西川邦夫
農政運動ジャーナル, Dec. 2022, Not refereed, Invited

特集 米市場の歴史的分岐点
Kunio NISHIKAWA
農村と都市をむすぶ, 01 Oct. 2022, Not refereed, Invited
Lead

Basic Problem of Rice Export: Food Aid and Commercial Export
Kunio NISHIKAWA
農村と都市をむすぶ, 01 Oct. 2022, Not refereed, Invited
Lead

米の価格形成の仕組みと今後の展望―相対取引価格と現物市場創設をめぐって―
Kunio NISHIKAWA
The Grain Importers Association Journal, 10 Sep. 2022, Not refereed, Invited
Lead

Survey on Status and Issues of Paddy Horticulture
尾中謙治・植田展大・茂野隆一・西川邦夫・福田竜一・坂内久・平口嘉典・小野澤康晴・鈴木利徳・氏家清和・野口敬夫・亀岡鉱平
総研レポート, 18 Mar. 2021, Not refereed, Invited

Can we stop shrink of rice market?
西川邦夫
農政運動ジャーナル, Dec. 2020, Not refereed, Invited

COVID-19 and food security
西川邦夫
農政運動ジャーナル, Jun. 2020, Not refereed, Invited

Overview of the Japan’s rice policy for the last 30 years: from price supports to direct payments
Kunio Nishikawa
FFTC Agricultural Policy Platform, 16 Oct. 2018, Not refereed, Invited

Agricultural structural change in Ibaraki prefecture and Farmland Bank
Kunio Nishikawa and Kento Yoshida
Nouson to Toshi wo Musubu, Jan. 2017, Not refereed, Invited

Free trade and the future of Japan’s agricultural policy
Kunio Nishikawa
Asia Pacific Bulletin, 05 May 2016, Not refereed, Not invited

Environmental Public Goods in the New CAP: Impact of Greening Proposals and Possible Alternatives.
Kunio Nishikawa (originally written by Alan Matthews)
Growing Agriculture, Sep. 2015, Not refereed, Not invited

New Direct Payments Scheme: Targeting and Redistribution in the Future CAP
Kunio Nishikawa (originally written by Alan Swinbank)
Growing Agriculture, Sep. 2013, Not refereed, Not invited

Rice Production for Consumers' Co-op and the Price Sensitive Consumers : Case Study on the Farm A in Shonai Region, Yamagata Prefecture
西川 邦夫
農業問題研究 = Journal of the rural issues, Jul. 2013

「戸別所得補償モデル対策」の性格と地域農業の動きを検討する視点―導入初期において―
Kunio Nishikawa
Journal of the Rural Issues, Jan. 2012, Not refereed, Invited

Paddy Utilization and Agricultural Policy
Kunio Nishikawa; Mitsuyoshi Ando; Shigeo Tomoda; Mitsuyuki Hirabayashi; Takaaki Watanabe, Editor
筑波書房, Dec. 2024
9784811906874

Development and Future Prospective of Tohoku Paddy Agriculture
Kunio NISHIKAWA et al., Joint work, 水田農業政策の展開と東北水田農業―「食管遺制」からの脱却の諸相―
Tohoku University Press, Sep. 2023, Refereed
9784861633898

米産業に未来はあるか―歴史を見つめ、明日を展望する―
Agricultural Policy Research Committee (eds.), Joint work, カリフォルニアと日本は一つの米市場圏
Agricultural Policy Research Committee, Aug. 2021, Not refereed
9784931118201

新基本計画はコロナの時代を見据えているか
Nobukazu Taniguchi; Akihiko Hirasawa and Mima Nishiyama (eds.), Joint work, 新規就農者確保と外国人労働力導入の政策課題―茨城県の事例より―
Association of Agriculture and Forestry Statistics, May 2021, Not refereed
9784541043276

The Competition Structure of the Rice Growing in the Pacific Rim
Kunio NISHIKAWA; Mitsuyoshi ANDO Katsutoshi ONAKA; Mitsuyuki HIRABAYASHI; Naomi ASAGI; Du Anh Tho, Joint editor
Agriculture and Forestry Statistics Publishing Inc., Feb. 2021, Not refereed
9784897324364

地域農業の持続的発展とJA営農経済事業
清水徹朗; 内田多喜生; 斉藤由理子; 長谷祐; 尾高恵美; 尾中謙治; 小針美和; 若林剛志; 西川邦夫; 小田志保, Contributor, アメリカ協同普及事業の動向―ウィスコンシン州における普及事業改革をめぐって―
全国共同出版, Nov. 2020, Not refereed
9784793420085

Big Change of Rice Production Adjustment Policy: Precursor of Change and Future Prospect
Nobukazu Taniguchi; Mitsuyoshi Ando; Akihiko Hirasawa; Zyun Kato; Masaki Umemoto; Harutomo Koike (Aihara); Wataru Tsuda; Kunio Nishikawa; Haruhiko Iba; Hazime Kobayashi; Masaru Shinagawa; Takekazu Mori; Shinzi Hattori, Contributor, Production adjustment and new demand rice in Ibaraki Prefecture: way for getting out of concentration to Koshihikari
Norin Tokei Kyokai, Mar. 2019, Not refereed
9784541042743

Raw Procurement and Return to Rural Areas of Wagashi Enterprises
Shohei Sato; Katsutoshi Onaka; Masayuki Ogawa; Mizuki Takahashi; Kumiko Takeshima; Kunio Nishikawa; Wakaba Magaki; Mitsuo Yabu and Masamichi Nakazima, Contributor, Features of return to rural areas of Wagashi enterprises
Tsukuba Shobo, Feb. 2019, Not refereed
9784811905471

Japan's Agriculture in The Process of Shrinking: 2015 Census of Agriculture and Field Studies
Mistuyoshi Ando; Noboru Hashizume; Takaaki Watanabe; Katsunori, Nakamura; Kunio Nishikawa; Mitsuyuki Hirabayashi; Yurie Koshiba; Toshiyuki Yoshida; Haruhiko Iba; Masaru Shinagawa, Others, Present stage of agrarian structural change in Ibaraki prefecture: back to the structural change lead by individual farms
Agricultural Policy Research Committee, Mar. 2018, Not refereed

Revitalization of Agriculture and Rural Areas under Free Trade Regime
Tsuyoshi Miyata; Nobuhiro Suzuki; Kan Higashiyama; Masaru Takagi; Shinsaku Nakazima; Shunsuke Yanagimura; Mitsuyoshi Ando; Kunio Nishikawa; Tomoaki Murakami; Ryosuke Kikushima; Mamoru Sawada; Sayuri Shimizu; Yasuhiro Satomi; Mami Okawara; Yoshihiko Kawato and Masatsugu Amo, Contributor, Farm diversification of community based farming and direct payments
Nihonkezaihyoronsya, Mar. 2016, Not refereed
9784818824201

Features of Structural Change in Shonai Agriculture
Kunio Nishikawa, Single work
Agricultural Policy Research Committee, Mar. 2016, Not refereed

Environmental Public Goods in the New CAP: Impact of Greening Proposals and Possible Alternatives.
Kunio Nishikawa (originally; written by Alan Matthews, Single translation
Agricultural Policy Research Committee, Sep. 2015, Not refereed

Household Expenditures in Japan during the Interwar Period: Analysis Focused on Family Responses and their Limitation
Kazutoshi Kase; Takeshi Kohama; Kuniaki Saito; Kazuhiko Yoshida; Atsuhi Osawa; Tomotake Oshima; Kunio Nishikawa; Hitoshi Tanai; Ryoichi Tanaka; Tomohiko Takayanagi; Yohei Kozima, Others, Change of tabacco consumption and management of tabacco government monopoly
Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo, Mar. 2015, Not refereed

"Policy Change" and Ninaite on Paddy Field Agriculture: Focusing on Tayagawa District, Chikusei-city, Ibaraki Prefecture
Kunio Nishikawa, Single work
Norintokeishuppan, Feb. 2015, Not refereed
9784897323121

New Direct Payments Scheme: Targeting and Redistribution in the Future CAP
Kunio Nishikawa (originally; written by Alan Swinbank, Single translation
Agricultural Policy Research Committee, Sep. 2013, Not refereed

Change of Farm Structure in Japan: An Analysis of Agricultural Census 2010
Mitsuyoshi Ando; Manabu Sawada; Daisuke Takahashi; Kunio Nishikawa and Takuya Hashiguchi, Contributor, Development of "organized farm management entity" and management structure
Norintokeikyokai, Jan. 2013, Not refereed
9784541039019

Cross-commodities Typed Scheme for Farm Stability and Community Based Farming
Kunio Nishikawa, Single work
Agricultural Policy Research Comittee, Mar. 2010, Not refereed

A study of business models suitable for ensuring profitability of the mobile vending business: From a case study in Ibaraki Prefecture
Tsubasa Sugihira; Kazuhiro Itami; Kunio Nishikawa; Shinya Ikeda
2025 The Agricultural Economic Soceity of Japan Annual Conference, Mar. 2025, Not invited

Analysis of the Effectiveness of IT and Telecommunications Companies Entering Agriculture
Ren Suzuki; Kunio Nishikawa
2025 The Agricultural Economic Soceity of Japan Annual Conference, Mar. 2025, Not invited

Management of Migrant Labor at Farm Sites in Japan: Changing due to Economic Development in Asian Developing Countries.
Kunio Nishikawa
New York Conference on Asian Studies 2024., Sep. 2024, Not invited

Decision factors of paddy field management’s crop planning in early rice production area
Kento Yoshida; Kunio Nishikawa
2024 The Farm Management Society of Japan Annual Conference, Sep. 2024, Not invited

Dessemination and Its Factors of New Rice Variety “Nijino-Kirameki” in Ibaraki Prefecture: Focusing on the Rice Farmer’s Crop Choice and JA’s Rice Sales Strategy
Yurino OKITA; Kento YOSHIDA; Kunio NISHIKAWA
The 2024 Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economic Society of Japan, Mar. 2024, The Agricultural Economic Society of Japan, Not invited

"Leadership in Japan's Farming" and Farm Policy: Focusing on Rice Policy
Kunio NISHIKAWA
The 2024 Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economic Society of Japan, Mar. 2024, The Agricultural Economic Society of Japan, Invited

Distribution Cost Structure of Rice Exports: A Case Study on A Company in Ibaraki Prefecture
Kunio NISHIKAWA
The 23' Study Conference of FMSJ, Sep. 2023, The Farm Management Society of Japan, Not invited

Development Direction of Edaban-Kanri-Gata Community Farming and Agricultural Structure: Comparative Analysis of Ibaraki and Akita Prefectures
Yuki Komuro; Kunio Nishikawa
The 11th Asian Society of Agricultural Economists International Conference, Mar. 2023, Asian Society of Agricultural Economists, Not invited

趣旨説明―日本の水田農業の分岐点：1970-80年代―
Kunio Nishikawa
2022年度政治経済学・経済史学会秋季学術大会, Oct. 2022, The Political Economy and Economic History Society, Not invited

Consideration on Farmland Consolidation Related to Farm Bank
Yoshio Ikeda; Kunio Nishikawa
The 22' Study Conference of FMSJ, Sep. 2022, The Farm Management Society of Japan, Not invited

Existence Structure of Double Cropping Paddy Farming in Setouchi Region: Comparative Analysis Between Okayama and Kagawa Prefecture
Kunio NISHIKAWA
The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan Annual Conference 2022, Mar. 2022, The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, Not invited

Political Economy Analysis of Japan's Rice Exports: Is There an Alternative to the Production Reduction Policy?
Kunio NISHIKAWA
Association for Asian Studies 2022 Annual Conference, Mar. 2022, Association for Asian Studies, Not invited

座長解題―水田二毛作の現段階：地域性・経営主体・政策課題―
Kunio Nishikawa
令和3年度日本農業経営学会研究大会分科会, Sep. 2021, The Farm Management Society of Japan, Not invited

Reorientation and Principal Farmers of Double Cropping Farming in Tochigi Prefecture
Kunio Nishikawa
令和3年度日本農業経営学会研究大会分科会, Sep. 2021, The Farm Management Society of Japan, Not invited

座長解題―新型コロナウイルス感染拡大下における食料・農業・農村問題―
katsuhito Fuyuki and Kunio Nishikawa
2021年度農業問題研究学会春季大会シンポジウム, Jul. 2021, Rural Issues Association of Japan, Invited

主食用米市場の縮小と輸出米産地の現状
Kunio Nishikawa
第100回研究例会, Apr. 2021, 農業・農協問題研究所, Invited

Success and Challenges in Increasing Rice Farming Productivity in Japan
Kunio Nishikawa
Harvard-Yenching Institute Annual Roundtable: Modernizing Asia’s Countryside, Apr. 2021, Harvard-Yenching Institute, Invited

Regional Economies and the Cooperative Movement in the U.S. Rust Belt: Wisconsin's Rural Electric Cooperatives
Kunio NISHIKAWA
The Political Economy and the Economic History Society, 2020 Autumn Academic Conference, Common Theme, Oct. 2020, The Political Economy and the Economic History Society, Invited

高齢化・後継者不足が一層進む中での集落農業のあり方について―主食用米需要減少の下での生産基盤維持を目指して―
Kunio Nishikawa
豊岡農業推進委員会研修会, Oct. 2020, 豊岡農業推進委員会, Invited

Existence Conditions of Multiple Cropping Farm Management in the Southwest Warm Region of Japan
Kunio Nishikawa
令和2年度日本農業経営学会研究大会, Aug. 2020, The Farm Management Society of Japan, Not invited

Comment
Kunio Nishikawa
2018年度農業問題研究学会秋季大会, Nov. 2018, Rural Issues Association, Invited

Features and challenges of reform of cooperative extension in the US: from an example of Wisconsin
Kunio Nishikawa
平成30年度日本農業経営学会研究大会個別報告, Sep. 2018, The Farm Management Society of Japan, Not invited

California rice farming under the Democrats government: melancholy of farmers and basis of supports to the Republican
Kunio Nishikawa
2018年度農業問題研究学会春季大会, Mar. 2018, Rural Issues Association of Japan, Invited

Present stage of Shonai's paddy agriculture: does the historical pattern of structural change transform?
Kunio Nishikawa
第53回東北農業経済学会山形大会, Aug. 2017, The Agricultural Economics Society of Tohoku, Invited

Development of the Farmland Bank and its factors in Ibaraki prefecture : focusing on the relationship with the JA organizations
Kento Yoshida and Kunio Nishikawa
The AESJ Annual Meeting 2017, Mar. 2017, The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, Not invited

Attitudes and Backgrounds of Farm Interest Groups on 2014 US Agricultural Act: Taking into Consideration Effects on Japan's Agriculture
Kunio Nishikawa; Katsutoshi Ohnaka
Autumn Meeting of Rural Issues Association of Japan 2016, Nov. 2016, Rural Issues Association of Japan, Not invited

Effects of Hiring Temporary Workers in Community Based Farm: A Case Study of O Farm in Shimane Prefecture
Kunio Nishikawa
Annual Meeting of the Farm Management Society of Japan 2016, Sep. 2016, The Farm Management Society of Japan, Not invited

Existence Structure of Green Soybean Farm in Shonai Region: A Case of Tsuruoka City
Kunio Nishikawa
52th the Meeting of The Agricultural Economics Society of Tohoku, Aug. 2016, The Agricultural Economis Society of Tohoku, Not invited

Comment
Kunio Nishikawa
2016年度農業問題学会春季大会, Mar. 2016, Rural Issues Association of Japan, Invited

Factorial Analysis for Direct Marketing by Regional Cooperative in Ibaraki Prefecture: Comparative Studies Between JA Ibarakiminami and JA Kitatsukuba
Kento Yoshida; Kunio Nishikawa
The AESJ Annual Meeting 2016, Mar. 2016, The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, Not invited

Political Economy of the TPP Dispute in Japan: From Perspective of Agriculture.
Kunio Nishikawa
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and The Japan America Society of Chicago Breakfast Meeting., Jan. 2016, The Japan America Society of Chicago, Invited

Why Doesn’t Japanese Agriculture Become Efficient?
Kunio Nishikawa
Special Lecture in Environmental Economics, University of Chicago, Jan. 2016, Dr. Sabina Shaikh, University of Chicago, Invited

Change in Tobacco Consumption and Administration of Government Monopoly in the Interwar Period: Focusing on the Hierarchy of Tobacco Consumption
Kunio Nishikawa
The AESJ Annual Meeting 2015, Mar. 2015, The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, Not invited

集落営農法人における農産加工・販路開拓の意義と課題―広島県世羅町（農）さわやか田打の事例より―
Shohei Sato; Kunio Nishikawa
第62回日本農村生活研究大会, Sep. 2014, 日本農村生活学会, Not invited

Comment
Kunio Nishikawa
第13回日本地域政策学会全国研究大会, Jul. 2014, 日本地域政策学会, Invited

民主党政権下の水田農業構造変動―茨城県筑西市田谷川地区からの接近―
Kunio Nishikawa
AESJ Conference 2014, Mar. 2014, The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, Not invited

集落営農組織の経営多角化と直接支払―広島県世羅町(農)さわやか田打の事例より―
Kunio Nishikawa
2013年度農業問題研究学会秋季大会, Nov. 2013, Rural Issues Association of Japan, Not invited

採卵鶏部門における家族経営の展開と収益性
Tsuyoshi Miyata; Kunio Nishikawa; Miki Kataoka
第63回地域農林経済学会大会, Oct. 2013, The Association for Regional Agricultural and Forestry Economics, Not invited

「政策対応的」集落営農のその後―茨城県筑西市田谷川地区の事例より―
Kunio Nishikawa
平成25年度日本農業経営学会研究大会, Sep. 2013, The Farm Management Society of Japan, Not invited

Structural Adjustment and Japanese Agricultural Policy: Considering form Fields.
Kunio Nishikawa
Japanese Studies Academic Visitor’s Seminar, at Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford., Mar. 2013, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford., Not invited

採卵鶏部門における家族経営の成長と安定―㈱地黄卵の取組―
Kunio Nishikawa; Tsuyoshi Miyata
平成24年度日本農業経営学会研究大会, Sep. 2012, The Farm Management Society of Japan, Not invited

茨城県水田農業地帯における構造変動―政策及びJA販売事業の変化に関連させて―
Kunio Nishikawa
第11回日本地域政策学会全国研究大会, Jul. 2012, The Japan Association of Regional Policy, Invited

「組織経営体」の展開と経営構造―都府県水田農業を中心に―
Kunio Nishikawa
2012年度農業問題研究学会春季大会, Mar. 2012, Rural Issues Association of Japan, Invited

ある産直産地の40年を振り返る―市場・運動・地域との関係から―
Kunio Nishikawa
2011年度農業問題研究学会秋季大会, Nov. 2011, Rural Issues Association of Japan, Not invited

雇用型経営と地域農業―茨城県筑西市の事例より―
Kunio Nishikawa
平成23年度日本農業経営学会研究大会, Sep. 2011, The Farm Management Society of Japan, Not invited

米需要構造の転換と生産者直販展開の条件―茨城県と山形県の比較より―
Kunio Nishikawa
2010年度政治経済学・経済史学会秋季学術大会, Nov. 2010, Political Economy and Economic History Society, Not invited

コメント
Kunio Nishikawa
2010年度農業問題研究学会秋季大会, Nov. 2010, Rural Issues Association of Japan, Invited

面積規模拡大過程における米生産者直販実施の要因と条件―茨城県筑西市田谷川地区の事例より―
Kunio Nishikawa
平成22年度日本農業経営学会研究大会, Sep. 2010, The Farm Management Society of Japan, Not invited

「政策対応的」集落営農の性格―茨城県筑西市の事例より―
Kunio Nishikawa
平成20年度日本農業経営学会研究大会, Sep. 2008, The Farm Management Society of Japan, Not invited

現局面における大規模土地利用型経営と農協の関係―購買・販売事業の利用状況から―
Kunio Nishikawa
AESJ Conference 2008, Mar. 2008, The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, Not invited

米価下落期における水田農業の構造変動―茨城県筑西市の事例より―
Kunio Nishikawa
2007年度政治経済学・経済史学会秋季学術大会, Oct. 2007, Political Economy and Economic History Society, Not invited

低米価志向の深化と高付加価値米生産の現在―産地と食品スーパーが提携した契約栽培米の事例よりの示唆―
Kunio Nishikawa
AESJ Conference 2007, Mar. 2007, The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, Not invited

Dec. 2021 - Present
Association for Asian Studies

Jun. 2016 - Present
The Agricultural Economic Society of Tohoku

Oct. 2013 - Dec. 2015
The Association for Agricultural and Forestry Economics

Oct. 2014
日本地域政策学会

Oct. 2008
The Food, Agriculture and Rural Economics Society

May 2008
The Farm Management Association of Japan

May 2007
Political Economy and Economic History Society

Dec. 2006
The Agricultural Economics Association of Japan

Jul. 2005
Rural Issues Association of Japan

Study on agricultural structure change based on field survey: focusing on large-scale farming
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2029
安藤 光義; 西川 邦夫; 品川 優; 渡部 岳陽; 伊庭 治彦; 中村 勝則

Crop Conversion Payments and Rent Paying Capacity: Clarifying Effects on Paddy Utilization and Farmland Market
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2028
Kunio Nishikawa; Mitsuyoshi Ando; Kan Higashiyama; Akihisa Nonaka; Takaaki Watanabe; Takashi Kuwabara; Toshiyuki Yoshida

Sustainable Futures: Overcoming Disparities
Japan Foundation, Japan-US Global Partnership Application, Jul. 2023 - Jun. 2025

Paddy Utilization and Agricultural Policy
Ibaraki University, 研究推進経費（出版等支援）, Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2025

Pursuit of Sustainability of Organic Farming
Ibaraki University, 学内プロジェクト, Jan. 2024 - Mar. 2025
Naomi ASAGI

Research on Development Process of New Comer Farms in Ami-machi
Ami-machi, Joint Research, Oct. 2023 - Mar. 2024
Kunio NISHIKAWA

Structure and Challenges of Advanced Paddy Utilization: Focusing on Multiple Cropping and Yield Level
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2024
Kunio Nishikawa; Mitsuyoshi Ando; Mitsuyuki Hirabayashi

Empirical Research of Agricultural Structural Change under Policy Change: Revealing the Process of Structural Change
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2024
Mitsuyoshi Ando; Kunio Nishikawa; Masaru Shinagawa; Takaaki Watanabe; Haruhiko Iba; Katsunori Iba

大規模農業と生態系サービスが両立する条件の解明―カリフォルニア州の冬期湛水を例に―
学内プロジェクト, Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2021

Competition Structure of Trans-Pacific Paddy Agriculture: Agricultural Structure, Production Power and Agricultural Policy
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2021
Kunio Nishikawa

Study of Structural Change in Paddy Agriculture under Reorganization of Direct Payment Policy
Japan Society of the Promotion of Science, Grants-in Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2020
Nishikawa Kunio

Total Study about Agricultural Structural Change: Connecting the Census Survey with the Field Survey
Japan Society of the Promotion of Science, Grants-in Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2019

The Future Direction of Japan's Rice Farming Industry Under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Regime: An Approach From California
The Japan Foundation, Social Science Research Committee, 2016 Abe Fellowship, Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2018

The Development of "Ninaite" in Rice-paddy Agriculture and Direct Payment
Japan Society of the Promotion of Science, Grants-in Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2018

Manifacturers of Japanese Sweets Backing to Regions
LOTTE Foundation, ロッテ財団奨励研究助成, Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2017

Future of Medium Scale Mixed farm Management in Paddy Field Agriculture: Approaching from Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata Prefecture
Agricultural Policy Committee, Research Series of "Nou" or "Nihon no Nogyo", Oct. 2014 - Mar. 2015

"Policy Change" and Ninaite for Rice-paddy Agriculture
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2015

The Study of the Overview about Structural Reform of Paddy-rice Agriculture Corresponding to Regional Characteristics
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2014
西川 邦夫

The Regional Comparative Study of conditions for Structural Reform of Paddy-rice Agriculture at the Phase of Rice Price Decline
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2009 - Mar. 2011
西川 邦夫

The Study of the Relation between Development of Large-scale Paddy-rice Farms and Regional Agriculture at the Phase of Reorientation of Rice Consumption and Logistic Structure
The Nippon Agricultural Research Institute, 日本農業研究所人文・社会科学系若手研究者研究助成, Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2009

The Feature of "Policy Adjusting-typed" Community-based Farming
Agricultural Policy Research Committee, 「農」または「日本の農業」シリーズ調査研究事業, Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2009

趣旨説明―日本の水田農業の分岐点：1970-80年代―
Panel chair etc
The Political Economy and Economic History Society, Hosei University, 23 Oct. 2022

座長解題―水田二毛作の現段階：地域性・経営主体・政策課題―
Panel chair etc
The Farm Management Society of Japan, Zoom, 19 Sep. 2021

座長解題―新型コロナウイルス感染拡大下における食料・農業・農村問題―
Panel chair etc
Rural Issues Association of Japan, Zoom, 11 Jul. 2021