Part 2
Mitsuaki Shindo,
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,
Regional Policy Planning Division
Product Specific Policies
(1) Rice
(a) Current situation
Demand for rice for table use has been shrinking due to changes in...
Kunio Nishikawa
College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan
INTRODUCTION
Japanese food self-sufficiency ratio on a calorie basis is 39% in FY2012. This value is one of the lowest figures recorded for developed countries. This situation is caused from the increase in import...
Kunio Nishikawa
College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan
INTRODUCTION
The idle farmland[1] problem is one of the most significant policy matters in Japanese agricultural policy. The increase in idle farmlands makes difficult to achieve the target of food self-sufficiency...
Kunio Nishikawa
College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan
INTRODUCTION
The larger idle farmlands have increased, the more strongly it has been insisted that the function of the Agricultural Committee (AC) should be strengthened as “a guardian of farmland”. In my...
Kako Inoue
Affiliation
Faculty of Regional Innovation, Miyazaki University, JapanJob Title
Associate ProfessorE-mail
kako.inoue@cc.miyazaki-u.ac.jpLatest Submission from Japan
Policies of Development, Protection and Promotion of New Varieties and Technologies in Japan
Promotion of the Local Consumption of Local Products
Amendments of the Agricultural Land Act and Measures for Tackling the Idle Farmland Problem
The Japanese Government’s Proposal on the Agricultural Committee Reform
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