Fig. 3

Production of sake-brewing rice (100 tons). The production of sake-brewing rice increased until 2015, and then it decreases. The overproduction is followed by the decrease of the production [4]. Higher price of sake-brewing rice was attractive for the farmers. In 2018, the price of conventional edible rice and that of sake-brewing Yamadanishiki variety in Hyōgo Prefecture was 14,524 yen/60 kg and 23,600 yen/60 kg, respectively. To avoid the overproduction, MAFF recommends the farmers to be sensitive to the market information. Sources: [4, 6]