Yoshihisa Godo

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.

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Affiliation
Meiji Gakuin University
Job Title
Professor
E-mail
godo@eco.meijigakuin.ac.jp

Latest Submission from Japan

2014.05.05
Kunio Nishikawa College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan   INTRODUCTION In December 2012, the Liberal Democratic Party won the 46th Japanese general election and President Shinzo Abe became the Prime Minister again. The second Abe Shinzo cabinet had been reviewing...
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2014.05.05
壹. 簡介   2012年12月自民黨贏得了日本第46次大選,黨魁安倍晉三再度成為首相。二次回鍋的安倍內閣檢視了先前民主黨的農業政策,並於2013 年12 月發表新農業政策,以下是農林水產省所公布的「農業與鄉村新政策」。   貳. 對於4項改革的看法   核心農民( 手)使用日本一半的農地。然而政府必須加速結構改革,因為農家自家勞力正快速老化而廢耕地也增加中。為了因應這些問題,政府訂定了「農業、林業、漁業與鄉村活化計畫」,政府將同時推動兩項政策,使農業成為有競爭力的產業(產業化政策),維護與推動農業與鄉村多功能性(區域計畫),...
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2014.04.29
Yoshihisa Godo Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan   Introduction Allotment gardens and community farms are small-sized farms where non-farmers can enjoy the experience of farming by growing rice, vegetables, fruits, flowers, etc. Some non-farmers who are bored with life in...
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2014.04.18
Fumihiro Kabuta, Ph.D. Policy Research Coordinator, Policy Research Institute Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan   INTRODUCTION Agricultural Disaster Compensation System shall be a public insurance system that has been implemented as the Government measure for...
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2014.03.28
Yoshihisa Godo Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan   Introduction Japan is one of the major nations in the global pork industry. Worldwide, Japan is ranked sixth in pork consumption, ninth in pork production, and first in pork imports (note 1). Domestic production contributes...
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