Policy Articles

2013.11.27
Chan-Ik Chun Agricultural Economist of FFTC   The Japanese government said on November 26 it will terminate the decades-old “gentan (減反)” rice production adjustment system (rice production quota system) as early as fiscal 2018. Japan has begun the policy since 1970. The decision...
Country: Japan Topic: Agriculture
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2013.11.27
Yutsai Huang, Ph.D. Director, Food and Fertilizer Technology Center   School lunches were extended to all elementary schools in Japan in 1952, and with the enactment of the school lunch law, to junior high schools in 1954. Today, 99% of elementary school students and 82% of junior high...
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2013.11.27
Yutsai Huang, Ph.D. Director, Food and Fertilizer Technology Center   In small farm household countries, farm products take many distribution stages from farm gates to consumers. The huge gap between farmers’ income and retail price has been the point of criticism for many years....
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2013.11.26
Zhen Zhong Assistant Professor, School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China   Background: “No. 1 Document” used to refer to the first document issued by CPC (Communist Party of China) every calendar year.  Today, it becomes a...
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2013.11.25
Zhen Zhong Asistant Professor, School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China   Since 1978, science and technology in Chinese agriculture has entered a new era: agricultural research institutes have expanded; number of people involving in related...
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