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Public believes Japan’s farming sector is hard & tough: survey
TOKYO, Nov. 3 ― A recent survey has revealed that the Japanese public is considering farmers, along with fishers and forestry workers, have heavy workloads and unstable incomes. The Japanese government carried out the survey, involving 1743 interviews between late August and early September. The findings showed that more than 80 percent of respondents cited workload intensity and unstable financial situations in the agricultural sector. The agriculture ministry needs to overcome the stigma attached to the farming sector and technology and machinery developments are also far more advanced than most of the general public realize. “We need to appeal to the public that agriculture is a unique way of life … Continue reading
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United Nations committee adopts declaration to protect rights of small-scale farmers
NEW YORK, Nov. 22 – The United Nations General Assembly’s Third Committee adopted on Nov. 20 Japan time the Declaration for the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas which recognizes and protects the rights of small-scale and family farmers. It will be formally ratified at the General Assembly in December, helping give a much-needed boost to the recognition of the farmers’ role in strengthening food sovereignty and conservation of biodiversity. The resolution was passed with 119 votes in favor, 49 abstentions and 7 against. Many developing nations voted for the resolution, while countries like the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand voted against it. Japan … Continue reading
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【Opinion】 Cooperatives should work to raise public awareness of Sustainable Development Goals (Nov. 19, 2018)
[By Yuichiro Nakagawa, professor emeritus of Meiji University] In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” which states the member countries’ “unwavering commitment” to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals “to stimulate action over the next 15 years in areas of critical importance for humanity and the planet.” Hiroko Kuniya, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s National Goodwill Ambassador for Japan, discusses in a round-table talk published in a cooperative studies quarterly magazine “Niji” three reasons why the SDGs were created and how they differ from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the U.N. member states … Continue reading
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Have you eaten your chopsticks once you’re done with meals?
YASHIRO, Oct. 28 ― You can eat disposable chopsticks once you’re done with meals. Farmers in Yashiro, Kumamoto prefecture have developed their rush, called igusa, the primary material in tatami, into pairs of “tatami-flavored” edible chopsticks. A tatami is a type of mat used as a flooring material in traditional Japanese-style rooms. The chopsticks are made from flour, sugar, eggs and igusa powder, which gives you a crunchy texture. A pack of five pairs of chopsticks are 1,930 yen and now available online. The Yashiro farmers now hope to promote their locally grown rush at a time its demand for tatami rooms has been declining in Japan.
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New labeling standards “Japan Wine” become effective
TOKYO, Oct. 30 ― As more Japanese consumers enjoy drinking wine and producers make more wines in Japan, the government has introduced on Oct. 30 new labeling rules that enforces tighter place of origin control for Japanese wines. Japan didn’t previously have regulations on the labeling of wine made from grapes, so makers of Japanese wineries had the industry’s voluntary wine labeling standards. Specifically, when they produced and bottled wines in Japan but using imported grapes, they labeled them as “Wine produced in Japan,” which experts say is misleading consumers. Following such criticism, the National Tax Agency developed labeling standards for manufacturing process and quality of wine in 2015. The … Continue reading
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