Food Price Control Policy in Indonesia

Wan-Yu Liu, Effendi Andoko
INTRODUCTION Indonesia experienced the highest inflation rate among Southeast Asian countries in 2013, jumping from 3.8% in 2011 to 8.3% by the end of 2013 (Monexnews, 2014). This has resulted in instability of food prices, exacerbating the situation of low-income households’ economic well-being...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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Promoting Export Oriented Food Production in the Border Regions of Indonesia

Tahlim Sudaryanto
INTRODUCTION As an archipelago country, Indonesia consists of approximately 7000 islands, even though only some islands are inhabited.  Largest part of population lives in 8 largest islands, namely Java, Sumatera, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara, Bali, Maluku, and Papua. Geographically...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
1,481

The Situation of Taiwan’s Agricultural Trade and Export Strategy

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
After Taiwan (the Republic of China) joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2002, Taiwan must keep the promise of the WTO to regulate to the open market and lower tariff. In the meantime, based on Most-Favored-Nation (MFN), it also gave a way to the opportunity for exporting Taiwan’s...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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Namibia’s Biofuels Policy

Kassian T.T. Amesho, Yuan-Chung Lin
Introduction At the present moment, Namibia is using a considerable amount of bioenergy to meet its energy demands for various reasons such as domestic cooking and heating needs (e.g. wood and charcoal). But nevertheless, the environmental impact and emission levels emanating from burning of...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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Green Development is Leading to an Increase in Agro-Quality and Efficiency

Zhen Zhong
Introduction In 2015, the MoA launched a campaign on grain yield growth and green development in Northeastern China, Northwestern and Southwestern China, and regions along the Yellow River. Huaihe River and Haihe River, as well as the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River. The ministry...
Country: China Topic: Food security and safety
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