In recent years, research utilizing experimental methods has developed in the field of international development studies. The aim of this paper is to examine the status of the use of experimental research in agricultural economics research targeting domestic agriculture in comparison with the international development field and to examine the possibility of applying experiments to domestic research. To this end, a literature review is conducted on studies using experimental methods in the fields of development studies and agricultural economics in Japan and abroad. The results of the literature review indicate that the use of RCT experiments is in its budding stage, in research targeting domestic agriculture. One of the measures for the application of RCT experiments is to encourage collaboration between experts in domestic agriculture and researchers who know the experimental methods. This is expected to lead to the acquisition of new knowledge and further development of domestic agricultural economic research.
