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【News】 Agricultural cooperatives, Norinchukin Bank and Mizuho Bank to cooperate on strengthening global competitiveness of Japan’s agriculture (Aug. 10, 2013)
The National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (JA Zen-noh), Norinchukin Bank – the central bank for agricultural, forestry and fishery cooperatives – and Mizuho Bank have announced that they will jointly set up a study group to work on strengthening Japan’s agricultural industry. As the nation’s agricultural sector is facing difficulties, such as the aging and decline of farm population and the increase in agricultural imports, the JA group judged that Mizuho’s business insight and expertise can help foster higher value added agriculture and boost sales potential of Japanese farm products. The project is the JA group’s first attempt to formally cooperate with a company unrelated to agriculture concerning … Continue reading
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【News】 Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate for 2012 stays flat at 39% (Aug. 9, 2013)
Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate in fiscal 2012 remained at 39 % on a calorific input basis for the third consecutive year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced Thursday, August 8. Although rice consumption dropped amid higher prices, the self-sufficiency rate maintained its level, as consumption of Japanese-grown wheat and soybean grew thanks to increased amount of harvested crop, the ministry reported. Meanwhile, the ministry said that the overall area under wheat and soybean cultivation has not increased. The government is seeking to achieve its goal of raising the food self-sufficiency rate – the proportion of domestically produced food in all food consumed in Japan – to 50% … Continue reading
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【Series】 The Chernobyl disaster, 27 years of building trust: Part 4 – Radiation education nurtures awareness of history and health (Aug. 9, 2013)
Tomokatsu Sowa Strelichevo junior high school in Khoiniki district of Belarus’ Gomel region was closed after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, but resumed in 2003. Currently, some 150 students between fifth grade of elementary school and third grade of junior high attend the school, revitalizing the area. In 2006, the Belarus government built a radiation culture center inside the school with the support of the private sector. The center has a radiation measuring device which can be used by students to deepen understanding for radioactive substances. The device is used in chemistry and physics classes and in club activities. On Saturdays, students operate the device to measure radiation in food … Continue reading
【Series】 The Chernobyl disaster, 27 years of building trust: Part 3 – The Belarus government’s supervision of farming based on soil contamination map (Aug. 8, 2013)
Tomokatsu Sowa Bragin is a district located in Belarus’ Gomel region 40 km north of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. After the nuclear accident, one-third of the district which was located within 30 km of the plant has become an off-limit area and its population dropped to 30 percent of the level before the accident. The area of uncultivated land expanded. Looking at the cattle relaxing in rich, green pastures, 52-year-old Yurij Shpilevsky and his wife Tatiana say the place would have become devastated if nothing had been done. They currently raise 10 Holstein cattle and grow grass on a 20-hectare farmland. Shpilevsky, who used to work in a nuclear … Continue reading
【Editorial】 Commemorating 50 years of IDACA – enhancing Japan Agricultural Cooperatives’ contribution to the international community (Aug. 8, 2013)
The Institute for the Development of Agricultural Cooperation in Asia, which performs tasks related to international cooperation in the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives group, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. In a ceremony scheduled on Thursday, August 8, attendants will look back over the 50 years of its history and reaffirm its role of contributing to the global community through fostering manpower. In the era of globalization, cooperatives’ principles of mutual support, and coexistence and mutual prosperity, are of universal value. We hope IDACA will make the 50th anniversary an opportunity for further development. The institute was established on July 8, 1963, following the resolution adopted by the first … Continue reading
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