Tsubota, Kunio

Recent turmoil in the international commodity markets has revealed that the world is not food secured yet. Cans for higher food self-sufficiency have mounted in high income food importing countries (HIFICs) such as Japan, Korean and Taiwan (JKT). However, governments have limited means to respond. The WTO is demanding further policy reforms in agriculture. High protection on rice, the last resort to food security in JKT, is being challenged while domestic production capacity is decaying due to aging farmers and reduced farmland. Consumers are ambivalent and continue to buy imported food. This note attempts to illustrate this dilemma, by highlighting the nature and specific problems of food security and policy reforms in JKT

Food Security: The Dilemma of High Income Food : Importing Countries in East Asia

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