Chan-Ik Chun
Agricultural Economist of FFTC
The Japanese government said on November 26 it will terminate the decades-old “gentan (減反)” rice production adjustment system (rice production quota system) as early as fiscal 2018. Japan has begun the policy since 1970.
The decision...
Yutsai Huang, Ph.D.
Director, Food and Fertilizer Technology Center
School lunches were extended to all elementary schools in Japan in 1952, and with the enactment of the school lunch law, to junior high schools in 1954. Today, 99% of elementary school students and 82% of junior high...
Tsuneo Kuwagata, Mayumi Yoshimoto, Yasushi Ishigooka, Toshihiro Hasegawa, and Motoki Nishimori
National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
E-mail: kuwa@affrc.go.jp
Rice productivity and quality in Japan is being impacted by global warming and climate...
Yutsai Huang
Director, Food and Fertilizer Center (FFTC)
Rice policy has been, and still is, the core policy of Japanese agriculture. Rice industry is highly protected by the Japanese government. In order to secure sustainability and create an environment where all motivated farmers...
Kako Inoue
Affiliation
Faculty of Regional Innovation, Miyazaki University, JapanJob Title
Associate ProfessorE-mail
kako.inoue@cc.miyazaki-u.ac.jpLatest Submission from Japan
Major Shift of Japanese Rice Policy
Introduction of School Lunch Program in Japan and Korea
日本與韓國學校午餐的啟示
Agro-Meteorological Database for Climate-Smart Rice Production
Japan Plans to Cut Subsidies of Rice Farmers
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