Japan: Japan Instituting Agricultural Reform Programs

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Regions Vitalization Creation Head Quarters (headed by Prime Minister Abe) in the Cabinet approved an “Agriculture Competitiveness Reinforcement Program” and incorporated it into an “Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Regions Vitalization Creation Plan” on November 28, 2016. The program sets out reform programs for agricultural industries and pushes the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (i.e., JA Zennoh) towards voluntary reform to increase farmer income.

Japan: Japan Instituting Agricultural Reform Programs 

 

 

Exporting, Regulations & Requirements
East Asia and the Pacific, Japan
Grains, Feeds and Fodders, Rice

Database Source:

Related Reports

View More
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Ukraine: Biotechnology and Other New Production Technologies Annual

The biotechnology regulatory system in Ukraine is still not fully developed, but the country is gradually adjusting its domestic policies to align with European Union regulations.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Tunisia: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

Tunisia is continuing to postpone non-urgent matters in front of major political and economic reforms. As a result, Tunisia’s biosafety framework, which was drafted in 2014, remains on hold with no timeframe for a review and parliamentary vote.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Thailand: Rice Price - Weekly

Export prices of white and parboiled rice rose one percent from the previous week as exporters reportedly continued to secure the rice supplies to fulfill contract shipments.