| ID | 091189 |
| Title Proper | Playing tricks with the food self-sufficiency ratio |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Yoshihiro, Asakawa |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | People in Japan are taking increasing increasing interest in their country's food self-sufficiency ratio, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries has adopted as set of indicators to measure progress in raising this ratio. I wonder that people would think, however, if they knew that the agriculture ministry's metrics are bogus and disigned to serve the interests of the ministry itself. In this article I will examine MAFF's indicators and argue that they are ineffective and in fact detrimental to the growth of agriculture in Japan. |
| `In' analytical Note | Japan Echo Vol. 36, No. 3; Jun 2009: p26-29 |
| Journal Source | Japan Echo Vol. 36, No. 3; Jun 2009: p26-29 |
| Key Words | Japan ; Agricultural Growth ; Agriculture ; Food Sufficiency Ratio |