Tax Refund Program for Food Expenditures

Yoshihisa Godo
Introduction The Japanese tax system employs a general indirect tax known as the Consumption Tax (CT). Currently, a CT of 8% is charged in the sale of all commodities and services. However, the CT rate is scheduled to increase to 10% in April 1, 2017. Citizens are not expected to favor this...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural finance
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Policies Review on Urban and Rural Household Registration System Reform in China

Zhen Zhong
Introduction Historically, China’s urban and rural household registration system is the inevitable choice under the policy of heavy industry priority development strategy .With the completion of primitive accumulation of capital and the deepening of Reform and Opening, a large number of...
Country: China Topic: Rural development
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The Dynamic Evolution of China’s Environment Policy

Zhen Zhong
Introduction Environmental protection has become one of the world’s most heated topics since the 21th century. As the world’s biggest developing country, China’s environmental problem is more eye-catching. The debate between development and environmental production has been...
Country: China Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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Policy Content and the Status of China’s Policy-oriented Agricultural Insurance

Zhen Zhong
Introduction For decades, China's policy-oriented agricultural insurance (POAI) experienced a tortuous course of development. After 2004, the central government introduced The No.1 Document, which proposed to increase support for agriculture. From the beginning, POAI developed rapidly and has...
Country: China Topic: Agricultural risk management
3,685
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Promoting the registration of rural land contract and the multi-significant functions of management right

Zhen Zhong
Introduction The registration of rural land contract and management right is a basic job of affirming and protecting rural land contract and management right of farmers, and guaranteeing the business safety of the land circulation, and perfecting the rural land contract and management system....
Country: China Topic: Agricultural land policies
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