Dr. Takayuki Kimura
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan
Dr. Akihiko HIRASAWA
Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd.
In Japan, as the aging of farmers becomes serious, those who retire from farm management have been increasing. On the other hand,...
Republic Act No. 8976: Establishing the Philippine Food
Fortification Program[1]
Albert P. Aquino, Aleta Belissa D. Correa, and Princess Alma B. Ani[2]
Introduction
Majority of agricultural and fisheries activities result to the production of food which are consumed either...
Mitsuaki Shindo,
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,
Regional Policy Planning Division
2. Japan-Australia EPA negotiations
The EPA negotiations with Australia, which started in 2007, was perceived to have a huge impact on Japan’s agriculture. The government...
Tahlim Sudaryanto
Senior Agricultural Economist,
Indonesian Center for Agriculture Socio-Economic and Policy Studies,
Ministry of Agriculture, email: tahlim@indo.net.id
Background
Fuel price in Indonesia has been subsidised for a long period of time and subject...
Yoshihisa Godo
Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan
Introduction
The mislabeling of food became a prominent news story in 2013, as Japanese newspapers revealed that even high-end restaurants and department stores were guilty of selling mislabeled food. ...
