Policy Articles

2014.07.16
Kunio Nishikawa College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan   INTRODUCTION We translated a pamphlet, “New Policy for Agriculture and Rural Areas is beginning!!”, Previously, we translated pages 1-5.  This time, we have translated pages 6-11.  ...
Country: Japan Topic: Overview
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2014.07.14
Tahlim Sudaryanto Assistant Minister for International Cooperation Ministry of Agriculture, the Republic of Indonesia,  email:tahlim@indo.net.id   INTRODUCTION             Sugar is one of the five major staple foods...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Agriculture
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2014.07.10
Jeongbin Im*,  Iljeong Jeong** *Professor Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development College of Agricultural and Life Science Seoul National University Seoul, Korea E-mail: jeongbin@snu.ac.kr ** Director, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs,...
Country: Korea Topic: Overview
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2014.07.04
Japan’s food self-sufficiency ratio Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Yoshihisa Godo   INTRODUCTION Mass media often treat Japanese agricultural cooperatives as organizations of farmers1. Indeed, almost all farmers in Japan belong to agricultural cooperatives. Article 1 of the...
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2014.07.03
Iqbal Rafani Researcher at the Indonesian Center for Agricultural Socio Economic and Policy Studies (ICASEPS), Ministry of Agriculture, Indonesia Email: iqbalrafani@yahoo.com   Introduction Agriculture is a key strategic sector in Indonesia. The main policy priorities for...
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