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minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoHow? The bottle neck is workable land not farmer incentive.
minus-squarearrow74@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-223 hours agoCorrect. So that means the incentive would obviously be placed on higher value crops and not necessarily staple crops like rice. That’s a big problem for a nation’s food security
minus-squareWizardofFrobozz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoFarmers being 80 years old and young people moving to the cities doesn’t help. Nor do the laws making it essentially impossible for foreign nationals to own and manage farmland.
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoDefinitely. I lookup Japan’s immigration programs every year and every year is not good enough for anyone worth their salt to bother, especially when compared to neighboring countries. Also the current political shift to right is a major red flag.
How? The bottle neck is workable land not farmer incentive.
Correct. So that means the incentive would obviously be placed on higher value crops and not necessarily staple crops like rice.
That’s a big problem for a nation’s food security
Farmers being 80 years old and young people moving to the cities doesn’t help.
Nor do the laws making it essentially impossible for foreign nationals to own and manage farmland.
Definitely. I lookup Japan’s immigration programs every year and every year is not good enough for anyone worth their salt to bother, especially when compared to neighboring countries. Also the current political shift to right is a major red flag.