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【News】 Exploring value-added agriculture: Umaji, Kochi Prefecture (July 29, 2014)
The village of Umaji, Kochi Prefecture, located on the eastern prefectural border about a two-hour drive away from the city of Kochi, boasts annual sales of JPY3.4 billion with products using Yuzu citrons grown in the area. JA Umajimura, an agricultural co-operative in the village, employs 86 villagers, roughly 10 percent of the total population of 942 as of June 30. Businesses centered on direct sales of Yuzu products have become the center of the village’s economy, and JA has worked on developing new products to continue fascinating consumers nationwide. Establishment of a stable and sustainable market has also encouraged farmers to increase Yuzu production. As much as 96 percent … Continue reading
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【Booklet】 Learning from European roots – The 110th anniversary of enactment of “Sangyo Kumiai Law”
PREFACE Two years have passed since financial crisis has threatened the world. Through the experience, people saw the negative side of market fundamentalism and have started to explore the way to switch to new social and economic system based on “co-existence”, from the former style that stands on “the law of the jungle”. In this context, the advantages of cooperative associations built on the spirit of mutual aid are now being re-acknowledged. It was symbolic that the United Nations appointed 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives. However, less is known about the roots of Japanese cooperatives such as Japan Agricultural Cooperative (JA), Japan Fisheries Cooperative, and Consumers’ Cooperatives. … Continue reading
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【News】 Imported pollen regarded as source of infection for kiwifruit bacterial canker (July 25, 2014)
There is a high possibility that pollen imported from New Zealand was a source of infection for the nation’s first case of kiwifruit bacterial canker disease Psa3 confirmed in Ehime Prefecture in May, the prefecture said in its report released on Thursday, July 24. The prefecture said the same type of imported pollen was used by all of the 17 farms where the primary infection presumably took place. Fruit Tree Research Center in Ehime, the nation’s largest kiwifruit production area, said high concentration of live Psa3 bacteria was detected from three samples of imported pollen provided by the farms. To prevent the disease from spreading, local governments and agricultural … Continue reading
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【News】 New strawberry variety Yotsuboshi developed (July 24, 2014)
Mie, Kagawa, Chiba prefectures and National Agriculture and Food Research Organization’s Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center announced Wednesday, July 23, that they have jointly developed a new strawberry variety which is propagated by seed. Yotsuboshi, whose application for registration was made open on July 14, has the potential to grow vast numbers of good-quality plants with higher efficiency compared with the common propagation method of growing plants by runners, as plant offspring hardly inherits viral diseases from parent plants. Moreover, since it is a F1 hybrid, the first filial generation of offspring of distinctly different parental types, growers do not have to worry about the plants proliferated without permission.The … Continue reading
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【News】 Former WFO President Nominated as IYFF International Ambassador (July 20, 2014)
The United Nations appointed Robert Carlson (67), former president of the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO), as the International Ambassador who would promote the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF). Carlson said, “I will do my best to represent family farmers and ranchers throughout the world. I think it’s very important for people to recognize the significant contributions that agriculture makes on our global economy.” Carlson was appointed during a video conference. Participants in the ceremony included José Graziano da Silva, Director General of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); the FAO official in charge of policy suggestion; the officer of IYFF’s educational team; and David Lane, U.S. Ambassador to the … Continue reading
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