Farmers' welfare and retirement system

Introduction Since ancient times, family support for the elderly has been a traditional pension pattern. With the gradual disintegration of the peasant economy and the implementation of the family planning policy, only family support is not enough.  We also need the support of the social...
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INTRODUCTION This article focuses on the problems of lost-land farmers’ retirement system. Some problems in farmer’s retirement system are discussed, which are financial problems of land-lost farmers’ pension, and whether they can still own the land, the legalization and urban-...
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Hwang-Jaw Lee Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association   Agricultural products provide the basic needs in our lives. However, harvests are frequently affected by natural or other causes so that most farmers and fishermen earn lower profits in production than do people in...
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Takayuki KIMURA Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan   Akihiko HIRASAWA Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd.   The Farmer’s Pension System (FPS) in Japan is a public pension system which provides the additional pension on top of the National Pension...
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Hwang-Jaw Lee Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association   The Council of Agriculture (COA) has offered various kinds of welfare programs to farmers in order for them to maintain their living standards and economic security. “ The Temporary Statute Regarding the Welfare...
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