Japanese Agricultural Policy Reforms under the WTO Agreement in Agriculture

Yoshihisa Godo
Yoshihisa Godo, PhD Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan   1.   Introduction The World Trade Organization (WTO) requests member countries to reduce fiscal expenditures for amber box programs, that is, those alleged to have the most trade-distorting effects. The WTO sets...
Country: Japan Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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Strategies and Measures for Agricultural Trade Liberalization in Taiwan

Hwang-Jaw Lee
Hwang-Jaw Lee, PhD Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association Preface With the development of global logistic industry and advancement of information technology, the distance between countries and places has become much shorter and closer; the interactions between entities have...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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Comprehensive Agricultural Policies of Taiwan

Hwang-Jaw Lee
Hwang-Jaw Lee, PhD Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association Agriculture in Taiwan Taiwan is located in the subtropics mountains and rugged hills cover two-thirds of the land, so only about 830,000 hectares of land are suitable for agriculture. The average farm covers 1.1...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Overview
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Overview of Agricultural Situation and Policy in Korea

Jeong-bin Im
Dr. Jeongbin Im Professor Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development College of Agricultural and Life Science Seoul National University Seoul, Korea E-mail: jeongbin@snu.ac.kr   1. Introduction Korea went through radical changes from an agricultural...
Country: Korea Topic: Overview
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Japan’s Food Self-Sufficiency Ratio

Yoshihisa Godo
Yoshihisa Godo, PhD Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan                 The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) recognizes “improving Japan’s food self-sufficiency ratio” as the highest...
Country: Japan Topic: Food security and safety
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