Policy Articles

Community Order in Japanese Agriculture

Yoshihisa Godo
2013.12.30
Community Order in Japanese Agriculture Yoshihisa Godo Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan   Community order and free-market competition Japanese agriculture is not sustainable without community order. To understand the importance of community order, it is useful to...
Country: Japan Topic: Rural development
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Republic Act 7607: Empowering Smallhold Farmers in their Economic Endeavors

Albert P. Aquino, Princess Alma B. Ani
2013.12.30
Republic Act 7607: Empowering Smallhold Farmers in their Economic Endeavors[1] Albert P. Aquino, Virma Anne A. Lim and Princess Alma B. Ani[2] Introduction Agriculture plays a vital role in the Philippine economy. Of the 30 million hectares of land in the country, one-third is devoted to...
Country: Philippines Topic: Overview
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Thailand’s Rice Pledging Schemes in Trouble

Ronald G. Mangubat
2013.12.24
Ronald G.  Mangubat Information officer of FFTC   As peoples of the world remain at the edge of their seats waiting for developments to unfold in the continuing political crisis in Thailand, the liquidity-crunched rice-pledging scheme in this country seem to be headed at a...
Country: Thailand Topic: Agriculture
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R&D and Policy Directions for Effective Control of Fusarium Wilt Disease of Cavendish Banana in the Asia-Pacific Region

Albert P. Aquino, Genny G. Bandoles, Virma Anne A. Lim
2013.12.23
R&D and Policy Directions for Effective Control of Fusarium Wilt Disease of Cavendish Banana in the Asia-Pacific Region[1]   Albert P. Aquino, Genny G. Bandoles, and Virma Anne A. Lim[2]   Introduction As a major staple food crop, banana is widely cultivated in the Asia-...
Country: Philippines Topic: Food security and safety
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Japan’s Reformed Gentan Rice Program Viewed as too late by Farmers

Yutsai Huang
2013.12.18
Yutsai Huang Director, Food and Fertilizer Technology Center   For several decades now, Japan government’s mandatory quota-based program called “gentan” (減反)or paddy reduction, has been designed to keep rice prices artificially high. Critics say the program has long...
Country: Japan Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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