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

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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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2014.03.28
日本是全球豬肉產業的主要國家之一,在全世界各國中,日本豬肉消費量占第6 位,生產量占第9 位,進口量則為第1,國內產量約占全國消費量的一半,其他則由美國、加拿大與丹麥等國進口,日本約占全球進口量的1/5。   雖然日本是很大的豬肉進口國,但其豬肉市場是由一個獨特(且爭議性)的關稅制度強烈保護,此一制度稱為門檻價格制度,本文介紹此一制度。   一. 穩定畜產品價格相關法令   在討論邊境保護前,先看一下日本國內豬肉價格政策。豬肉市場的特性是價格起伏大,稱為「蛛網循環」,激烈價格起伏對消費者與豬農都是有傷害的,為了減少 豬肉價格波動,...
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2014.03.03
Yoshihisa Godo Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan   Identified cases of Japanese cows infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a progressive neurological disorder of cattle that results from infection by prions, which are...
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2014.02.07
Yoshihisa Godo Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan Introduction The entry of non-agricultural companies into the agricultural industry is a recent trend in Japan. Various types of companies, such as construction companies, staffing agencies, and electrical equipment companies, are...
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