Policy Articles

Policies of Development, Protection and Promotion of New Varieties and Technologies in Japan

Mitsuaki Shindo
2014.12.27
Part 1   Mitsuaki Shindo, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Regional Policy Planning Division   Keywords: breeding, ICTs, intellectual property right, smart agriculture, consortium, rice, wheat and barley, beans, vegetables, fruits, flower, potatoes, sugar beet...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural science policies
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Promotion of the Local Consumption of Local Products

Kunio Nishikawa
2014.12.27
Kunio Nishikawa College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan   INTRODUCTION Japanese food self-sufficiency ratio on a calorie basis is 39% in FY2012. This value is one of the lowest figures recorded for developed countries. This situation is caused from the increase in import...
Country: Japan Topic: Agriculture
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Amendments of the Agricultural Land Act and Measures for Tackling the Idle Farmland Problem

Kunio Nishikawa
2014.12.27
Kunio Nishikawa College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan   INTRODUCTION The idle farmland[1] problem is one of the most significant policy matters in Japanese agricultural policy. The increase in idle farmlands makes difficult to achieve the target of food self-sufficiency...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural land policies
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The Japanese Government’s Proposal on the Agricultural Committee Reform

Kunio Nishikawa
2014.12.27
Kunio Nishikawa College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan   INTRODUCTION The larger idle farmlands have increased, the more strongly it has been insisted that the function of the Agricultural Committee (AC) should be strengthened as “a guardian of farmland”. In my...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural land policies
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Agricultural Disaster Insurance Policy in Indonesia

Tahlim Sudaryanto
2014.12.19
Tahlim Sudaryanto Senior Agricultural Economist, Indonesian Center for Agricultural Socio Economic and Policy Studies, Ministry of Agriculture, email:tahlim@indo.net.id   Introduction Indonesia is one of the countries that are prone to natural disasters affect agriculture due to...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Agricultural risk management
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