Japanese Wild Boars Head North: Snow Depth Decrease, Wildlife Conflict, and Structural Changes in Agriculture

Taisuke Takayama, Kota Mameno, Takeshi Fujie, Tetsuji Senda, Shota Mochizuki, Akira Hibiki and Masahiro Takano

No 72, TUPD Discussion Papers from Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University

Abstract: Human–wildlife conflicts, specifically the damage caused to crops and livestock, pose a significant challenge that affects agriculture. Climate change has exacerbated this issue by altering the distribution and behavior of wildlife. This study examines how farmers respond to the increasing encroachment of Japanese wild boars on farmlands, using panel data at the farm level. The study exploits the expansion of wild boar habitats owing to reduced snow depth. The results show that the presence of wild boars leads to farm exits. In addition, we observe a negative effect on farm size. These effects are driven by an increase in abandoned farmland and a decrease in rented-in farmland. The findings suggest that human‒wildlife conflicts hinder structural changes in agriculture.

Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2025-05
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://hdl.handle.net/10097/0002004115

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:toh:tupdaa:72

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in TUPD Discussion Papers from Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tohoku University Library ().