Japan should raise food self-sufficiency to 50% in FY 2020

http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/japan-should-raise-food-self-sufficiency-to-50-in-fy-2020-panel

13-Apr-2010 (16 years 1 months 28 days ago)
An advisory panel on Monday presented the agricultural minister with a basic farm policy plan calling for raising Japan’s self-sufficiency in food to 50% on a calorie basis in fiscal 2020.

The current plan envisages raising the nation’s food self-sufficiency to 45% in fiscal 2015, compared with 41% in fiscal 2008.