Japan’s Attempt at Aquaculture Policy Reform: A Case Study in Oyster Farming New Entry at the Fisheries Special Zone for Reconstruction in Miyagi Prefecture

Yoshihisa Godo
ABSTRACT Oyster farming in Miyagi Prefecture was negatively impacted due to the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011. Two months after the earthquake, the governor of Miyagi Prefecture, Yasuhiro Murai, announced a novel idea for the special zone as part of the reconstruction plan, in which...
Country: Japan Topic: Fisheries
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The Experiences of Vietnam in Preventing African Swine Fever

Dao The Anh, Truong Khanh Tan
ABSTRACT The African swine fever started to apprear in Vietnam in January 2019, after that the outbreaks have quickly spread. By June 2020, more than 6 million of pigs were culled due to ASF dramas, with the financial damage estimated at more than 515 million USD. The ASF is new in Vietnam and...
Country: Vietnam Topic: Overview
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Participatory Policy Formulation of Tomato Value Chain in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Theingi Myint, Yu Yu Tun, Myint Myat Moe
ABSTRACT Among the vegetables, tomato is considered the essential culinary crop and also an excellent source of many nutrients and secondary metabolites. In Myanmar, tomato is grown in about 112,525 ha with a total production of 1,300 thousand MT in 2016-2017. The study was done to observe the...
Country: Myanmar Topic: Agricultural value chains
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New Model of Agrobased Technology Transfer from Government Research Institutions to Private Firms in Malaysia

Rozhan Abu Dardak, Khairul Akmaliah Adham
ABSTRACT Technology transfer apparently becomes one of the major aspects of research and development in the government research institutions (GRI) in Malaysia. Technology transfer is a two-way interaction between GRI and private firms. Technologies are transferred from GRI to private firms...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agricultural science policiesAgricultural biotechnology
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