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Japan's Rice Crisis: Prices Soar, Supplies Dwindle And A Minister Resigns
Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over the decades.
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Japan Minister Quits After Saying He Doesn't Buy Rice, Gets It "For Free"
Japan's agriculture minister, Taku Eto, resigned on Wednesday following widespread uproar over his insensitive comment about receiving rice as gifts.
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Zimbabwe Launches First Nano-Satellite To Help Boost Agriculture
A rocket carrying the tiny satellite, dubbed ZIMSAT-1, successfully launched from Virginia in the United States alongside Uganda's first satellite as part of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) multi-nation project.
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NASA, ESA, JAXA to Soon Scale Up Documentation of Changes in Environment, Society on Earth
NASA in association with ESA (European Space Agency) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) will document and expand resources and understand a wider range of changes that are taking place in the environment and human society around the globe. The dashboard will include six areas of focus — atmosphere, agriculture, biomass, water and oce...
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Japan Confirms "Highly Pathogenic" Strain Amid 3rd Bird Flu Outbreak
Japan has confirmed the highly pathogenic bird flu subtype H5N8 was detected at a poultry farm in the third outbreak of avian influenza in the country this winter, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.
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Mitsubishi Mahindra Agriculture Collaborates With Kubota Co. LTD. In Japan
Both companies have agreed to start discussion to offer products, services and solutions that meet the customer needs by mutually utilising resources and contribute to stable food production in Japan.
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Two Melons Auctioned For Record Price $45,600 In Japan
Two melons from the Japanese city of Yubari have fetched a record price of 5 million yen, or $45,600,in the first auction of this year's agricultural season in the country.
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Tech-Savvy Farmers A New Hope For Japan's Shrinking Agriculture Sector
A new breed of younger, business- and tech-savvy farmers are transforming Japan's shrinking agriculture sector with cutting edge techniques and marketing strategies, giving new hope to an industry in slow decline.
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Arun Jaitley Lays Foundation Stone For New Campus Of IIM-Amritsar
Education and agriculture will have to go hand in hand for India's development as has been the case in countries like Japan and South Korea, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today as he laid the foundation stone for a new campus of IIM-Amritsar.
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Japan Bans French Foie Gras Imports Over Bird Flu Virus
Japan has banned imports of French foie gras due to a bird flu outbreak, an agriculture ministry official said today.
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Endangered Delicacy: Japan Eel on Species Red List
The Japanese eel, a popular summertime delicacy that has become prohibitively expensive due to overfishing, has been put on the international conservation "red list" in a move that may speed up Japan's push for industrial farming of the species.
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Japan confirms first bird flu case since 2011
Two chickens have tested positive for avian influenza at a farm in Japan where more than 1,000 chickens have died, marking the country's first case of bird flu in three years, the Agricultural Ministry said on Sunday.
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US-Japan deal could lead to more organic options
The United States and Japan have agreed to make it easier to import each other's organic products, the latest step in a global effort that could give consumers access to more -- and cheaper -- organic food.The Agriculture Department announced an agreement...
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Global fight to halt Bird Flu
The World Health Organization (WHO) and two other agencies have appealed for funds and expert advice to help stop the threat to humans and agriculture posed by the bird flu. The bird flu virus has crossed into humans in Vietnam and Thailand, killing at least eight people, but no person-to-person transmission has been detected.
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Japan's Rice Crisis: Prices Soar, Supplies Dwindle And A Minister Resigns
Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over the decades.
-
Japan Minister Quits After Saying He Doesn't Buy Rice, Gets It "For Free"
Japan's agriculture minister, Taku Eto, resigned on Wednesday following widespread uproar over his insensitive comment about receiving rice as gifts.
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Zimbabwe Launches First Nano-Satellite To Help Boost Agriculture
A rocket carrying the tiny satellite, dubbed ZIMSAT-1, successfully launched from Virginia in the United States alongside Uganda's first satellite as part of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) multi-nation project.
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NASA, ESA, JAXA to Soon Scale Up Documentation of Changes in Environment, Society on Earth
NASA in association with ESA (European Space Agency) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) will document and expand resources and understand a wider range of changes that are taking place in the environment and human society around the globe. The dashboard will include six areas of focus — atmosphere, agriculture, biomass, water and oce...
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Japan Confirms "Highly Pathogenic" Strain Amid 3rd Bird Flu Outbreak
Japan has confirmed the highly pathogenic bird flu subtype H5N8 was detected at a poultry farm in the third outbreak of avian influenza in the country this winter, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.
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Mitsubishi Mahindra Agriculture Collaborates With Kubota Co. LTD. In Japan
Both companies have agreed to start discussion to offer products, services and solutions that meet the customer needs by mutually utilising resources and contribute to stable food production in Japan.
-
Two Melons Auctioned For Record Price $45,600 In Japan
Two melons from the Japanese city of Yubari have fetched a record price of 5 million yen, or $45,600,in the first auction of this year's agricultural season in the country.
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Tech-Savvy Farmers A New Hope For Japan's Shrinking Agriculture Sector
A new breed of younger, business- and tech-savvy farmers are transforming Japan's shrinking agriculture sector with cutting edge techniques and marketing strategies, giving new hope to an industry in slow decline.
-
Arun Jaitley Lays Foundation Stone For New Campus Of IIM-Amritsar
Education and agriculture will have to go hand in hand for India's development as has been the case in countries like Japan and South Korea, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today as he laid the foundation stone for a new campus of IIM-Amritsar.
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Japan Bans French Foie Gras Imports Over Bird Flu Virus
Japan has banned imports of French foie gras due to a bird flu outbreak, an agriculture ministry official said today.
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Endangered Delicacy: Japan Eel on Species Red List
The Japanese eel, a popular summertime delicacy that has become prohibitively expensive due to overfishing, has been put on the international conservation "red list" in a move that may speed up Japan's push for industrial farming of the species.
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Japan confirms first bird flu case since 2011
Two chickens have tested positive for avian influenza at a farm in Japan where more than 1,000 chickens have died, marking the country's first case of bird flu in three years, the Agricultural Ministry said on Sunday.
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US-Japan deal could lead to more organic options
The United States and Japan have agreed to make it easier to import each other's organic products, the latest step in a global effort that could give consumers access to more -- and cheaper -- organic food.The Agriculture Department announced an agreement...
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Global fight to halt Bird Flu
The World Health Organization (WHO) and two other agencies have appealed for funds and expert advice to help stop the threat to humans and agriculture posed by the bird flu. The bird flu virus has crossed into humans in Vietnam and Thailand, killing at least eight people, but no person-to-person transmission has been detected.
