Policy Articles

Philippine Biosafety Regulatory Gaps and Initiatives

Ryan Lawrence A. Polinag
2020.11.23
ABSTRACT The Philippine Biosafety Regulations started out strong in biotechnology and leads the Southeast Asian Region. However, regulatory issues and concerns surfaced that slowed down the progress of the country. Initiatives are currently being done to answer and bridge the gaps. There is a...
Country: Philippines Topic: Food security and safetyOverview
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Supporting Sustainable Food Systems-Based Food Estate Development Policy Program in Indonesia

Iqbal Rafani , Tahlim Sudaryanto
2020.11.23
ABSTRACT This article aims to discuss food estate development policy program to support sustainable food system in Indonesia. The food system-based food estate includes: (1) food availability, quality, and safety; (2) food industrialization; (3) food accessibility; (4) food distribution; and (5...
Country: Indonesia Topic: OverviewFood security and safety
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Impact of COVID-19 on Food Consumption and Dietary Behavior in South Korea

Sanghyo Kim, Jeong-hun Ji, Seong-yong Shin, Yeon-A Hong, Seong-Yoon Heo
2020.11.18
ABSTRACT The recent outbreak of COVID-19 in South Korea has significantly changed food consumption behavior. While sales in the restaurant business declined as consumers who concerned about infection refrained from going out, the number of having meals with family members at home increased,...
Country: Korea Topic: Overview
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An Analysis on the Changes in Agrifood Consumption in Restaurants and Schools since the COVID-19 pandemic

Sanghyo Kim, Donghyun Moon, Jeong-hun Ji, Minsun Kim, Seong-yong Shin
2020.11.17
We estimated the decrease in the amount of agricultural product purchases by calculating the change in restaurant sales and the change in agrifood for school meals after Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak based on the data from NAVER Co., Ltd. and Statistics Korea (KOSTAT). The results...
Country: Korea Topic: Overview
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Emerging Industry Revolution 4.0 and Its Relationship with the Agriculture Sector in Malaysia

Mohammad Fauzy Tambi, Rozhan Abu Dardak
2020.11.02
ABSTRACT The Malaysian government plans to transform the agriculture sector to be a dynamic, sustainable and competitive sector. Agriculture has been recognized as one of the National Key Result Areas (NKE) that projected to increase the gross national income to around RM49 billion (US$11.6...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Overview
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