Agricultural human resources development

Young-farmer Public-sponsored Course at Mingdao University Opens for 30 Enrollments

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture (COA) Mingdao University located at Changwha County will launch a Young-farmer Public-sponsored Course next year in order to educate more young generations dedicated to the agricultural sector. The Council of Agriculture (COA) sponsors 30 students free college...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Hundred Young Farmers Program by the Council of Agriculture

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture (COA) In 2013, the Council of Agriculture (COA) started a program to select potential young farmers around Taiwan. The program aims to help young farmers for at least two years and resolve problems in land, capital and skill by an integrative industry-academia-...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Unskilled Foreign Laborers Employed in Hokkaido Food Industries Under the Pretense of Training

Yoshihisa Godo, Takashi Miyairi
Introduction Hokkaido, the northern-most island of Japan, ranks first in food production among all 47 prefectures in Japan. Hokkaido accounts for 12.5% of Japan’s total agricultural production and 7.7% of its total production of processed foods 1. However, farms and food processing factories in...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Unskilled Foreign Laborers in Japanese Food Processing Companies and Farms Under the Pretense of Training

Yoshihisa Godo
INTRODUCTION In developed countries, many food processing companies and farms employ unskilled foreign laborers, whose wages are lower than domestic laborers. Japan is not an exception. However, unlike other developed countries in Europe, North America, and Australasia, it is often the case that...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Changes in the Agricultural Labor Force of Thailand and the Impact of the Alien Workers on its Economy

Kampanat Pensupar, Khin Yadanar Oo
Abstract Agriculture was once an engine in the economic growth of Thailand. However, the employment in agricultural sector has been declining and the dependence of economy on agriculture has declined since a few decades ago. Thailand has transformed to be an industrialized country from an...
Country: Thailand Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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