The Political Economy of Sub-Regionalism: SIJORI Agricultural Cooperation in the Riau-Singapore Leg

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT The Singapore-Riau leg of SIJORI is useful as a case study for analyzing agricultural exchanges in sub-regionalism. The 2000s saw the take-off stage of SIJORI with agri-businesses taking off in some of the Riau Archipelago’s constituents and there was also diversity in the types of...
Country: Singapore Topic: Regional agricultural economy
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Futures Market for Rice in Japan

Yoshihisa Godo
ABSTRACT Japan has a unique place in the history of futures trading, as the Dojima Rice Market in Osaka, established in 1697 and authorized in 1730, is said to be the first case in the world that a futures market for any commodity was operated under the official government permission. This...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural marketing policy
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Development of Singapore’s Ornamental Fish Industry

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT From the 1970 to the 1990s, Singapore's ornamental fish industry organically expanded and some fish farms like Qian Hu perfected the method of oxygenating delivery bags of fishes for overseas customers. The authorities also carried out water quality regulatory interventions, tightened...
Country: Singapore Topic: Fisheries
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The History of Singapore’s Rice Cultivation

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT Dry rice was first introduced to Singapore out of necessity by the wartime Japanese administration in Singapore. In the 3-year Food Sufficiency program, the ‘Grow More Food Campaign’ motivated Singaporeans to cultivate common crops like dry rice using all available spaces including...
Country: Singapore Topic: Overview
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Comprehensive Review of Garlic Development in Indonesia

Iqbal Rafani (late), Tahlim Sudaryanto, Yonas Hangga Saputra, Effendi Andoko
ABSTRACT This article aims to discuss the area, production, consumption, export and import, encountered problems, and policy support to one of Indonesia's important crops-garlic. It is quite interesting since the country depends on (above 90%) of imported garlic, particularly since the economic...
Country: Indonesia Topic: OverviewAgriculture
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