Trends after TPP agreement outline agreement
[Conditions of TPP entry into force]
When a country has completed its domestic treaty-making processes, it will notify other TPP countries that it has done all that is required for the Agreement to enter into force. The Trans-Pacific...
INTRODUCTION
The Japan Agricultural Cooperative (JA) group has played a pivotal role in Japan’s agriculture while it has been criticized as the main factor which prevents the fundamental reform of agricultural structure and the trade liberalization in the era of free trade. The JA has...
Introduction
Wild animals pose problems to Japanese farmers, as they often enter farmlands and eat agricultural products. The damage caused by wild animals was recently estimated to cost farmers around 20 billion yen per year1. Electric fences are a popular countermeasure against wild animals....
INTRODUCTION
It is important for stabilizing rice farmer’s management to maintain the order of markets and to expand stable dealings between farmer’s organizations which engage in shipping rice and distributors on behalf of food industries. Recent shifts, however, has changed...
INTRODUCTION
Rice has occupied the position of national food for a long time in Japan, and the Japanese has taken the large part of their carbohydrates from it. Rice has been utilized for human consumption, and only the disposal of it has been used for feeds.
As the consumption of rice is...
Shinichi Saitoh
Affiliation
Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd.Job Title
PresidentLatest Submission from Japan
Trends in TPP agreement and government correspondence: An Overview
Amendments of the Agricultural Cooperative Act in 2015
Case Study of an Electrocution Accident Caused by an Electric Fence for Farming
Consideration for Achieving Stable Rice Dealings
Promoting Policy of Rice for Feeds
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