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Japan sets new rules in SBS tenders to buy Australian rice
TOKYO, Nov. 19 ― The Japanese government is set to operate new administrative rules for the simultaneous buy and sell (SBS) tending system for imported rice from Australia through the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) without the U.S., also known as TPP-11. The TPP-11 will come into force on Dec. 30 this year as Australia has become the sixth country to ratify the agreement. The auction in the SBS tendering system for Australian rice will have six rounds in a fiscal year starting April 1. The first auction will take place in May, four months earlier than the existing SBS administrative rules. “We fear that the new rules may lead to price … Continue reading
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JA-ZENCHU chairman calls on the government to focus on food security as key factor in setting agricultural policy direction
TOKYO, Dec. 14 – Toru Nakaya, head of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives (JA-ZENCHU), on Dec. 12 called on the government to place food security at the center of its 10-year Basic Plan on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas. Addressing reporters, Nakaya said ensuring food security is becoming increasingly important amid shrinking farming population, decrease in farmland, increasing trade liberalization, rapid growth in global population and recurrence of disasters. Citing forecasts by the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, he said Japan’s agricultural population is expected to continue declining, dropping to 1.22 million in 2025, down 40 percent from 2015. He expressed concern over the fact that the rate … Continue reading
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【Research】Changes in Japan’s rice policies: looking back on 15 years since the Principle and Outline of Rice Policy Reform in 2002
January 1st, 2018 Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd. KOBARI Miwa, Chief Researcher ■Abstract In November 2017, the Panel of Experts on Staple Food set up in the Council of Food, Agriculture and Rural Area Policies, an advisory body for the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, approved the “Basic Guidelines to Ensure the Stabilization of Supply-Demand and Price of Rice”, stating that allocation of target production volumes by the administration shall be ceased in the rice production adjustment program from the 2018 crop onward, as well as that rice producers, commercial shippers like agricultural cooperatives and related organizations shall be instead required to play a central role in promoting the … Continue reading
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【Research】Characteristics of agricultural cooperatives’ self-reform and its challenges： with a special focus on primary cooperatives’ efforts to enhance agricultural production
February 1st, 2018 Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd. SAITO Yuriko, Managing Director ■Abstract The self-reform that agricultural cooperatives or so-called JAs (Japan Agricultural Cooperatives) in Japan are urged by the government to take necessary measures to carry out are composed of (i) marketing members’ farm products under the most advantageous conditions for members, (ii) supplying members with production inputs on the most favorable terms for them, and (iii) shifting some of JA’s human resources from financial businesses to agriculture related businesses. On the other hand, the self-reform which has been put into practice by the JAs at the grass-root level, naturally aiming at achieving these targets, has a common … Continue reading
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Tokyo’s Nerima to host 2019 Urban Agriculture World Summit
TOKYO, Nov. 22 ― Tokyo’s Nerima Ward will host the world’s first Urban Agriculture World Summit (UAWS), which will be held from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 next year, looking to urban farming as providers of vital ecosystems services in major metropolitan areas. With limited land, urban farms also offer the chance for city stores and restaurants to get their hands on locally-grown produce, as well as offer young people careers in agriculture. Experts on urban farming in five cities will gather the meeting. The five cities are: New York, London, Jakarta, Toronto, Seoul and Tokyo. In Tokyo, one of the largest and most congested cities in the world, the … Continue reading
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