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Overview of Agriculture Trade in Malaysia

ABSTRACT International trade is very important to every nation including Malaysia. This activity generates revenue, creates employments and brings technologies, especially when the country imports high-capital goods. Malaysia is a trading nation. Malaysia has been recognized as one of the 25...

Country: Malaysia Topic: Overview

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Overview of Rice Policy 2000-2018 in Thailand: A Political Economy Analysis

Nipon Poapongsakorn

INTRODUCTION After the student uprising in 1973 which brought about democratic movements, Thai agricultural policy has shifted from urban-biased policy which aimed at keeping the rice price at low level to support the consumers and workers’ cost of living for industrialization, to producer...

Country: Thailand Topic: Overview

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Japan’s 2019 Tax Reform and its Impact on the Food Industry

Yoshihisa Godo

ABSTRACT Japan’s general indirect tax, known as the Consumption Tax (CT), will undergo a comprehensive reform on October 1, 2019. The tax reform covers four major areas. First, the CT rate will increase from 8% to 10%. Second, the CT system will be converted from the long-lived single-rate...

Country: Japan Topic: Overview

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Overview of Vietnam’s Recent Agricultural and Rural Development Policy

Dao The Anh, Nguyen Van Bo

VIETNAM’S AGRICULTURE IN THE PAST DECADE Vietnam is an agricultural nation with a natural area of 331 699 km² (mainland), positioned 65th in the world, of which agricultural produced land area is 10.12 million ha. Vietnam’s population is 96,208,894 people (as of 1/4/2019), ranked 14th in the...

Country: Vietnam Topic: Agricultural cooperatives and farmers' organizations

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Policy of Accumulation and Consolidation of Agricultural Land to Promote the Development of Agricultural Cooperatives: Experiences from Ha Nam Province, Red River Delta, Vietnam

Le Duc Thinh, Dao The Anh

INITIATIVE TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES TO ACCUMULATE, CONSOLIDATE LAND AND DEVELOP COMMODITY AGRICULTURE IN THE RED RIVER DELTA Ha Nam in recent years is known as an experienced locality in consolidating, accumulating land, attracting private enterprises to invest in agriculture and develop high-tech...