Agriculture

Organic Farming Certification of Taiwan

Hwang-Jaw Lee
Hwang-Jaw Lee Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association   While the improving economy and information technology, people are increasingly aware of food security of agricultural products. Therefore, organic agricultural products have now become familiar and popular. For good...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agriculture
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Major Shift of Japanese Rice Policy

Chan-Ik Chun
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...
Country: Japan Topic: Agriculture
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Developing Rice-based Food Products

Hwang-Jaw Lee
Hwang-Jaw Lee, PhD Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association   In response to domestic demand for gastronomic diversity, Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA) has been developing rice-based food products in recent years, ranging from the creation of various innovative...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agriculture
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Unifying the organic processed food management system in Korea

Jeong-bin Im
Dr. Jeongbin Im Professor Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development College of Agricultural and Life Science Seoul National University Seoul, Korea E-mail: jeongbin@snu.ac.kr   The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) announced that...
Country: Korea Topic: Agriculture
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Estimated Korean Rice Production in 2013

Jeong-bin Im
Dr. Jeongbin Im Professor Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development College of Agricultural and Life Science Seoul National University Seoul, Korea E-mail: jeongbin@snu.ac.kr   The Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) announced that...
Country: Korea Topic: Agriculture
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