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.
ABSTRACT
The ‘gentan’ policy, an acreage reduction system, will be eliminated starting with rice harvested in 2018. The abolishment of the acreage reduction system aims at raising the competitiveness of Japanese rice making through encouraging uniqueness and creativity among rice...
INTRODUCTION
The aim of this article is to review the transformation of Japan’s rice policy for the last 30 years and to clarify their features. We will focus on the change of policy from price support to direct payments to support paddy field farmers. Current policy reforms are so...
INTRODUCTION
This article is translated from a webpage titled “Japanese Food Self-sufficiency Potential (日本の食料自給力)” (http://www.maff.go.jp/j/zyukyu/zikyu_ritu/012_1.html). This webpage is a subpage of a webpage titled “About food self-sufficiency rate and food self-sufficiency(食料自給率・食料自給力について...
前言
本文內容翻譯自「日本糧食自給力」(日本の食料自給力)網頁內容(http://www.maff.go.jp/j/zyukyu/zikyu_ritu/012_1.html)。「日本糧食自給力」網頁為「關於糧食自給率和糧食自給力」網頁(食料自給率・食料自給力について)之子頁，且兩個網頁皆為「日本糧食狀態知識集」(知ってる？日本の食料事情)(http://www.maff.go.jp/j/zyukyu/index.html)網站和專案內的網頁.
2000年起，食品、農業與鄉村地區基本計畫(Basic Plan for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas，...
ABSTRACT
Rice and its farming have been culturally the backbone of Japan's society so far. However, Japan's rice farming is facing an unprecedented turning point, in which this role will seemingly be doomed to being weakened due to the shrinking domestic demand. The purpose of this paper...
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
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godo@eco.meijigakuin.ac.jpLatest Submission from Japan
End of ‘Gentan’ -Will the End of Regulated Reduction of Cultivated Land Result in the Increase or Decrease of Future Rice Supply in Japan?
Overview of Japan’s Rice Policy for the Last 30 Years: from Price Support to Direct Payments
Understanding food self-sufficiency ratio and food self-sufficiency potential index in Japan
日本糧食自給率(food self-sufficiency ratio)和糧食自給力指標(food self-sufficiency potential index)之探討
Rice Farming in the Japan’s Matured Market: Overcoming the Shrinking Domestic Demand by Value-Adding and Export-Enhancing Strategies
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