Yoshihisa Godo received his PhD degree from the University of Kyoto in 1992. His areas of research include development economics and agricultural economics. Professor Godo’s Development Economics (3rd edition), co-authored with Yujiro Hayami and published by the Oxford University Press in 2005, is especially well known. His book written in Japanese, Nihon no Shoku to Nou (Food and Agriculture in Japan), received the 28th Suntory Book Prize in 2006, one of the most prestigious academic book prizes in Japan. He belongs to the International Zheng He Society as an honorary advisor.
Yoshihisa Godo
Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan
Introduction
Japan’s unique system of agricultural cooperatives forms a nationwide network, called the JA Group. This mammoth economic body organizes almost all Japanese farmers and has played a key role in shaping the...
Yoshihisa Godo
Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan
Introduction
Japan’s food labeling policy is at a crossroads. Since its enactment in 1950, the Act on Standardization and Proper Labeling of Agricultural and Forest Products, commonly known as the JAS Act, has been the most...
Yoshihisa Godo,
Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan
Introduction
Japan has a unique system of group farming, called the Agricultural Producers’ Cooperative Corporation (APCC). In 1962, the government established this system as part of its agricultural policy reform....
Part 3
Mitsuaki Shindo,
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,
Regional Policy Planning Division
Product Specific Policies
(3) Beans
(a) Current situation
While the quality of domestic beans is highly rated by the users, the problem...
Yoshihisa Godo
Yoshihisa Godo received his PhD degree from the University of Kyoto in 1992. His areas of research include development economics and agricultural economics. Professor Godo’s Development Economics (3rd edition), co-authored with Yujiro Hayami and published by the Oxford University Press in 2005, is especially well known. His book written in Japanese, Nihon no Shoku to Nou (Food and Agriculture in Japan), received the 28th Suntory Book Prize in 2006, one of the most prestigious academic book prizes in Japan. He belongs to the International Zheng He Society as an honorary advisor.
Affiliation
Meiji Gakuin UniversityJob Title
ProfessorE-mail
godo@eco.meijigakuin.ac.jpLatest Submission from Japan
Estimating Agricultural Cooperatives’ Share of Agricultural Input and Output Markets
日本農協在農業資材供應與農產品銷售市場占有率分析
Food Labeling Regulations Under the JAS Act
Japan’s Unique System of Group Farming: Agricultural Producers’ Cooperative Corporation
Policies of Development, Protection and Promotion of New Varieties and Technologies in Japan
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