Kunio Nishikawa
College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan
INTRODUCTION
Japanese food self-sufficiency ratio on a calorie basis is 39% in FY2012. This value is one of the lowest figures recorded for developed countries. This situation is caused from the increase in import...
Kunio Nishikawa
College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan
INTRODUCTION
The idle farmland[1] problem is one of the most significant policy matters in Japanese agricultural policy. The increase in idle farmlands makes difficult to achieve the target of food self-sufficiency...
Kunio Nishikawa
College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan
INTRODUCTION
The larger idle farmlands have increased, the more strongly it has been insisted that the function of the Agricultural Committee (AC) should be strengthened as “a guardian of farmland”. In my...
Kunio Nishikawa
College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan
INTRODUCTION
The Japanese government promotes to expand export of agricultural products and foods as a way of enhancing international competitiveness of Japanese agriculture and the strategy of national economic growth...
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.
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Kunio Nishikawa
Afflication
College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, JapanJob Title
Associate professorE-mail
kunio.nishikawa.agri@vc.ibaraki.ac.jpLatest Submission of the Author
Promotion of the Local Consumption of Local Products
Amendments of the Agricultural Land Act and Measures for Tackling the Idle Farmland Problem
The Japanese Government’s Proposal on the Agricultural Committee Reform
The Strategy for Expanding Export of Agricultural Products and Foods
Japanese Agricultural Policy Reforms after FY 2014 (PART 2)
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