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  • Social Capital and the Local Food Movement in Japan: The Case of the Chiba Prefecture

    Shigeki Yokoyama and Seiichi Sakurai
    This study investigates the relationship between social capital and local food movements in rural Japan, with the latter factor markedly leaning towards the goal, "Local Production for Local Consumption" (LPLC). Promoted by the central and local governments in Japan since the 1990s, LPLC...
    Volume 6 Issue No. 1 (June 2009)

  • The Ecological and Economic Aspects of the Multifunctional Role of Agroecosystems

    Percy E. Sajise and Asa Jose U. Sajise
    Current perceptions about agriculture-based systems are rooted in an assessment of their negative and positive externalities, as well as their tremendous influence in the cultural and religious values of communities. Among the emerging concerns is how to integrate this view of the multi-faceted...
    Volume 3 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2006)

  • Book Review | The African Food Crisis: Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution edited by D. Djurfeldt, H. Holmen, M. Jirstrom, and R. Larsson

    Sushil Pandey
    This book is a very topical contribution, coming at a time when the world community is increasingly shifting its attention from the agricultural development of Asia to that of Africa. A rapid growth in food production in Asia, in the wake of the Green Revolution, has increased the overall food...
    Volume 2 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2005)

  • Rural Poverty in Southeast Asia: Issues, Policies, and Challenges

    Arsenio M. Balisacan, Rosemarie G. Edillon, and Sharon Faye Piza
    Economic growth among Southeast Asian countries during the last 25 years has averaged at five percent per year and has been accompanied by a decline in the relative importance of agriculture in the national output and employment. The response of poverty to this growth and structural transformation...
    Volume 2 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2005)

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