Japan's Smart Food Value Chain: From Consumer to Agri-Food Industries

Toshio Ohtani
ABSTRACT   The Japanese Cabinet adopted the 5th Science and Technology Basic Plan as a basic policy of science and technology innovation of five years from 2016 to 2020 and determined ‘Society 5.0’ as a future industrial structure and the ideal form of social system. Many of the...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural value chains
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Innovations in Vegetable Food Systems for Food Safety and Nutrition Security in Lower and Middle Income Countries in Asia

C. George Kuo, Delphine Larrousse
ABSTRACT   Globally, one person in three is malnourished. The coexistence of undernutrition with overweight and obesity, and micronutrient deficiencies clearly indicates that current food systems are failing people’s health. More than half of the world’s malnourished children live in Asia and the...
Country: Others Topic: Food security and safety
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Thailand Research Fund-Precision Agriculture Research Network: Approach and Practices

Attachai Jintrawet
ABSTRACT In Thailand, agriculture is a key social activity and operate by 5.911 million small farms using 18.7 million ha and covers approximately 30% of land resources with diverse biotic and abiotic ecosystems.  However, with demands for food security with environmentally friendly...
Country: Thailand Topic: Smart agriculture
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Waste from Discarded Oyster Shells: A Promising Raw Material for Lime Industry in The Philippines

Hene L. Hapinat
ABSTRACT The demand for agricultural lime is high, considering its various uses from agricultural production to processing. This study determines the lime potential of three shellfishes, namely: Crassostrea iredalei (Oyster shell), Decatopecten radula (Pecten shell), and Anodontia edentula (...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agricultural science policies
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Application of Common Information Platform and Agricultural Management Systems

Jyh-Rong Tsay, Chih-Kai Yang, Chun-Tang Lu, Tsang-Sen Liu
ABSTRACT   The agro-product traceability system is considered an approach that may lead to create product differentiation in the market, elevate product competitiveness, and bring about better production and consumption environment for agro-products in Taiwan. Through the integration of...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Smart agriculture
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