Policy Articles

Crop Insurance in Thailand

Hnin Ei Win
2016.09.07
Introduction Although rice covered 48.70% of the total cultivable land (FAOa, 2011) in the country, the yield was low compared with other countries which occupied a small arable land for rice due to natural disasters. Furthermore, the agriculture sector only contributes 8.6% to the GDP while...
Country: Thailand Topic: Agricultural risk management
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The Potential Impacts of Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Indonesian Agriculture

Tahlim Sudaryanto
2016.09.07
Introduction The TPP is one of the largest trading blocks representing roughly 40% of the world economy (combined GDP of US$ 28.1 trillion), and involving more than 792 million population in 12 countries.  Content of the TPP is considered highly progressive, because it includes some issues...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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Climate Change Impact: Vulnerability and Poverty in the Dry Zone of Myanmar

Thanda Kyi
2016.09.07
General indicators for household vulnerability in rural area of selected dry zone Myanmar is the 58th most vulnerable country and the 2nd least ready country. The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Myanmar places it in the upper-left quadrant of the Readiness Matrix. It has...
Country: Myanmar Topic: Agricultural risk management
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The Impact of TPP/RCEP Accession on Taiwanese Agricultural Industry

Min-Hsien Yang
2016.09.06
Importance of TPP on economic development It is a current strategy to reduce trade barriers and deepen the supply chain between countries by signing FTA/ ECA because the WTO Doha Agreement is still under-developed. There have been 381 valid FTAs/ ECAs achieved until September 23, 2013, while over...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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Summary of the 2016 fiscal year budget：Japanese Agricultural Direct Payment [76,960 (79,859–2015 fiscal year budget) yen (Millions)]

Hisako Nomura
2016.09.05
Point of measures In order to maintain and give the full scope of the multifunctionality of agriculture and rural areas, we support joint activities of the region, agricultural production activities in the mountainous region, and the agricultural production activities that contribute to the...
Country: Japan Topic: Rural development
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