Japan's Rice Problem - Masayuki Ogawa

In recent years there has been much debate in Japan over rice, which is considered the "staple food" of the Japanese people. Certain agricultural policies and traditional attitudes, the aging of farming communities and the lack of successors have become major problems, leading to the overproduction of rice and falling prices. Agricultural policy has been forced to respond to these problems.This book summarizes the changing relationship between the Japanese people and rice over the past half century,... Zobrazit více