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【Series】 The Common Agricultural Policy after 2013 in EU: Part 3 (Nov. 13, 2013)
EU’s new Common Agricultural Policy to focus on fairness Senior Staff Writer, Masaru Yamada The European Union’s new Common Agricultural Policy will be on the move in the beginning of next year. The new CAP will provide more protection for eco-friendly farms and young farmers, while cutting payments to large-scale farms owned by major companies, royal families and aristocrats. Amid the wavering European economy, the main focus of the two-year discussions has been how to gain support of taxpayers. The characteristics of the CAP as an income compensation system has weakened, and the new CAP places importance on maintaining fairness and benefiting farmers who contribute to the society. The … Continue reading
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【Series】 The Common Agricultural Policy after 2013 in EU: Part 2 (Nov. 13, 2013)
Interview with Dacian Ciolos, European Commissioner for Agricultural and Rural Development Q. What is the aim of introducing a new system under the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy to take account of environmental concerns? A. We should not focus only on short-term competition and economic benefits and use up natural resources which support agricultural sustainability. We adopted “greening,” direct payments to farmers who take environment protection measures. European consumers are asking for environmentally friendly agriculture, as well as food security and high-quality food products. Land is used by farmers to cultivate, but it is also a public possession of people as a whole. Q. Focus on environmental concerns seems … Continue reading
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【Series】 The Common Agricultural Policy after 2013 in EU: Part 1 (Nov. 13, 2013)
EU’s agricultural policy faces pressure to change amid budgetary constraints and increasing number of member states Akihiko Hirasawa, chief researcher at Norinchukin Research Institute Co., said that until now, the European Union had been adjusting its Common Agricultural Policy scheme so that it would be consistent with the global trend to liberalize agricultural trade. But amid staggering negotiations under the World Trade Organization and rising prices of agricultural products in the global market, Hirasawa said the new CAP has undergone reform to focus more on the circumstances within the region, including environment, animal welfare, support for young farmers, fairness, consideration for taxpayers and strengthening negotiating power of farmers against … Continue reading
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【News】 Japanese agricultural minister and EU agriculture commissioner agree to cooperate on food security (Nov. 12, 2013)
Dacian Ciolos, European Commissioner for Agricultural and Rural Development, held a meeting with Agricultural minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Monday, Nov. 11 during his visit to Tokyo, and pledged to cooperate with Japan to tackle food security issues under the Group of Twenty framework comprising major producers and consumers of food products. Hayashi called on Ciolos to work together so that agricultural ministers of the G20 industrialized and emerging market economies can hold a meeting next year, saying that food security issues should be discussed firmly on a ministerial level. Ciolos acknowledged the need to speed up global efforts to ensure food security, saying that he will cooperate with Japan … Continue reading
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【News】 Fukushima women work to restore farmlands with hopes of resuming farming (Nov. 12, 2013)
Some 80 women farmers stand in a long line to pick up debris on a field. They are members of the regional agriculture restoration cooperative in Odaka district of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture which was seriously hit by the March 2011 tsunami. Two years and eight months after the disaster, there are still 232 members, including those in their 80s, in the cooperative which was established to support people who hope to start farming again. Since the district is within the evacuation zone surrounding the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant and staying in the area overnight is prohibited, the restoration work can be done only in daytime. Cars swept away by … Continue reading
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