Managing Food Insecurity Risks in Indonesia

Tahlim Sudaryanto
Introduction Many recent concerns about food security focus on unpredictable but shorter-lived threats to current food security levels such as price shocks and natural disasters. Unlike chronic food insecurity, transitory food insecurity occurs because of a temporary decline in household access...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Food security and safety
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Strategies to Strengthen Livestock Industry in Malaysia

Fadhilah Annaim Huda Hashim
  Introduction Livestock is a very important industry as it supplies the largest source of protein for Malaysian population. The ex-farm value for this industry was RM14.1 billion in 2013, of which 76% were contributed by poultry meat. In general, the livestock production is still...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agriculture
26,416
405

External Audit System of Japanese Agricultural Cooperatives

Yoshihisa Godo
INTRODUCTION The system of agricultural cooperatives, known as the JA Group, plays a pivotal role in the structure and economics of Japan’s agricultural sector1 Although there is no legal requirement to join the JA Group, all Japanese farmers belong to the organization. JA Group has a...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural cooperatives and farmers' organizations
7,072
154

The Reviews of Land Trust Practices and its Guarantee of Agricultural Households Income

Zhen Zhong
INTRODUCTION Based on the Chinese basic national conditions about population and farmland, rural household contract management makes the fragmentation of farmlands, which is difficult to achieve economies of scale and promote the farmers' income. As non-agricultural industries can work more...
Country: China Topic: Agricultural land policies
3,432
126

Building Agricultural Disaster Insurance System Needs Depth Participation of Government

Zhen Zhong
INTRODUCTION Agricultural insurance is one of the most effective ways to settle the agricultural risk diversification question around the world. It is also one of the WTO’s “green box” policies, which allows agricultural protection. Currently, there are more than 40 countries...
Country: China Topic: Agricultural risk management
3,080
132

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