Achievements and Issues of the Agro-Food Value Chain in Vietnam

Dao The Anh
Vietnam’s agricultural export turnover of farm products in 2017 were over $US 36 billion and is expected to reach $US 40 billion in 2018. The number of agro-forestry and fishery commodities with the export value of more than $US 1 billion increased to nine in 2017. The growth of agricultural...
Country: Vietnam Topic: Agricultural value chains
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Korea’s Policy Experiences for Alleviating Rural Poverty in the Process of Economic Development

Jeong-bin Im
ABSTRACT Like many countries, rural poverty was one of the most important issues to be solved at the initial stage of economic development in Korea since the early 1960s. The objective of this study is to draw policy implications for alleviating rural poverty based on the experiences of Korea in...
Country: Korea Topic: Rural development
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Value of Indigenous Fruits in Home Gardens for Household Livelihood

Noorlidawati Ab Halim
INTRODUCTION Massive uses of indigenous plants of local origin have potential to increase global food production and local variation to different environmental humans’ habits. Developing the rare crop creates the potential to diversify food production toward limited number of crops by...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Food security and safety
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The Current State, Challenges and Plans for Philippine Agriculture

Ernesto O. Brown, Fezoil Luz C. Decena, Reynaldo V. Ebora
ABSTRACT This paper provided brief discussion of the current state of Philippine agriculture, the challenges being faced by the sector as well as the plans at least for the medium-term. It highlighted the importance of agriculture in the country and the challenges faced by the government to...
Country: Philippines Topic: Overview
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Changes in Food Consumption in Korea

Sanghyo Kim
ABSTRACT Household food consumption patterns in Korea are changing rapidly. These changes are caused by the changes in population and household structure, development of science and technology, climate change, and accelerated opening of the agri-food market (Lee et al., 2016). Since household...
Country: Korea Topic: Agricultural marketing policy
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