Policy Articles

Farmers Remain Unpaid by BAAC

Ronald G. Mangubat
2014.01.16
Ronald G. Mangubat Information Officer of FFTC   The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives or BAAC in Thailand reportedly has 55 billion baht in liquid assets but its board still refuses to advance money to unpaid farmers who pledged paddy for the current main crop. This...
Country: Thailand Topic: Agriculture
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The Law No. 18/2012 Governing Food Security in Indonesia

Iqbal Rafani
2014.01.15
Dr. Iqbal Rafani Researcher at Indonesian Center for Agricultural Socio Economic and Policy Studies (ICASEPS), Ministry of Agriculture, Indonesia, email: iqbalrafani@yahoo.com   Introduction Food is a primary basic human need and its fulfillment is part of human rights for...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Food security and safety
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Risk Management and Food Reserve Mechanism

Hwang-Jaw Lee
2014.01.02
Hwang-Jaw Lee, PhD Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association   Risk management In recent years, global climate change has caused instability in the production and supply of staple foods around the world. In response, and on the basis of concepts drawn from “risk...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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Standards for the Inspection of Public Stock Paddy

Hwang-Jaw Lee
2014.01.02
Hwang-Jaw Lee, PhD Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association   The Standards were enacted in accordance with Article 9 of the Food Administration Act. The standards were first promulgated on October 30, 1999, and then were amended three times, the lastest amendment promulgated on...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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The Sustainability and Productivity of Agricultural Lands

Hwang-Jaw Lee
2014.01.02
Hwang-Jaw Lee, PhD Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association   Fertilizers are important materials to the production potential of agricultural land, which are used to increase production potential, maintain high yield and product quality. They will degrade land fertility,...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural land policies
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