Climate Change Impact: Vulnerability and Poverty in the Dry Zone of Myanmar

Thanda Kyi
General indicators for household vulnerability in rural area of selected dry zone Myanmar is the 58th most vulnerable country and the 2nd least ready country. The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Myanmar places it in the upper-left quadrant of the Readiness Matrix. It has...
Country: Myanmar Topic: Agricultural risk management
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The Impact of TPP/RCEP Accession on Taiwanese Agricultural Industry

Min-Hsien Yang
Importance of TPP on economic development It is a current strategy to reduce trade barriers and deepen the supply chain between countries by signing FTA/ ECA because the WTO Doha Agreement is still under-developed. There have been 381 valid FTAs/ ECAs achieved until September 23, 2013, while over...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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Summary of the 2016 fiscal year budget：Japanese Agricultural Direct Payment [76,960 (79,859–2015 fiscal year budget) yen (Millions)]

Hisako Nomura
Point of measures In order to maintain and give the full scope of the multifunctionality of agriculture and rural areas, we support joint activities of the region, agricultural production activities in the mountainous region, and the agricultural production activities that contribute to the...
Country: Japan Topic: Rural development
2,629
68

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
3,122
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Potential Benefits of TPPA On Malaysia's Agrofood Sector

Rozhan Abu Dardak
INTRODUCTION Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is a comprehensive trade agreement among 12 counties in the Asia Pacific region. The countries which participated in the agreement are United States of America, Peru, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand, Chile, Japan, Australia, Vietnam, Singapore...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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