A Review of Food Nutrition Labeling in Japan

Yoshihisa Godo
INTRODUCTION For years, food nutrition labeling had not been compulsory in Japan. In response to consumers’ increasing concerns about food safety, however, the Japanese government, which many perceive as the slowest among major advanced countries, introduced a compulsory nutrition labeling...
Country: Japan Topic: Food security and safety
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TPP and Agricultural Reform under the Abe Administration

Masayoshi Honma
Last September 15 and 16 Japanese Professor Masayoshi Honma, a world famous agricultural economist, delivered his lecture on the “Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Under the Abe Administration”at Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture and the Department of Agricultural Economics, National...
Country: Japan Topic: Overview
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Policies in Vietnam’s Tea Industry

Nguyen Le Hoa, Tran Cong Thang
Major issues of the tea sector in Vietnam   Nowadays, Vietnam is considered to be one of the cradles of the world’s best tea. Since the beginning of 20th Century, when the French invaded Viet Nam, they paid special attention to tea plants with much research and many investigations...
Country: Vietnam Topic: Agricultural marketing policy
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Restructuring Crop Production In Vietnam

Nguyen Le Hoa, Tran Cong Thang
On June 10, 2013, the Prime Minister of Vietnam issued Decision No. 899/QD-TTg approving the restructuring of agriculture and rural development towards increasing the added value and sustainable development. On June 18, 2013, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development promulgated the Action...
Country: Vietnam Topic: Agriculture
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Institutional Perspective in Supply Chain Management: The Cases of Abaca, Vegetable and Bamboo Supply Chains in the Philippines

Albert P. Aquino, Christian L. Abeleda, Ernesto O. Brown, Jennifer C. Puntanar, Rocalyn C. Gayagay
ABSTRACT A globally competitive Philippine agribusiness sector is a must in a fast emerging borderless trade regime. For a sector saddled perennially with numerous problems, globalization poses yet another set of challenges which conventional and logistics-based solutions seem unable to address....
Country: Philippines Topic: Agricultural marketing policy
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