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| Japan hopes to rely less on imported food (The Japan Times) |
| Japan will consider raising the target for its food self-efficiency rate from 45 percent to over 50 percent, farm minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi indicated Wednesday. The head of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry unveiled the plan after meeting with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at his official residence. Read the full story |
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| Opinion: More than growers (Otago Daily Times) |
| Andy West, from AgResearch, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's deputy director-general Barry O'Neill implicitly urge farmers to produce even more food ( ODT , June 16, 2008). |
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| Japanese dispose one-fourth of available food (China Daily) |
| The Japanese import a large quantity of food from all over the world, but waste much of it. According to an estimate by the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry, households and companies waste about 19 million tonnes of food per year. Of that, about 6 million tonnes is edible. |
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