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Rationale:
The aging problem among agricultural farmers is severe in the Asian and Pacific region. In Japan, Korea and Taiwan, for instance, the ratio of the aged farmers to the total farm household population are 34.3%, 31.8% and 31.2%, respectively in 2010. In Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, the ratio of aging farmers are increasing while young farmers are decreasing. Aging farmers have much difficulty in finding successors for their farming business.
There are many reasons why the younger generation does not to want to engage themselves in farming. Some of these reasons include low income, poor working conditions, inferior children’s education environment and poor healthcare system in the rural areas. But one of the main difficulties of the young generation’s entry into farming involves its close relations to the farmlands.
Farmlands are prerequisites for agriculture and are considered farming symbols. In wide and long-term perspectives, there is no doubt that agriculture depends on land, and that this distinguishes the sector from most other kinds of businesses. But the problem is the price of farmland is too expensive for the young beginners and finding the appropriate leased farmland is also very difficult especially those who want to start farming with leased farmland. These are serious bottlenecks to the next generation who want to farm and to increase farm size.
Some countries such as Korea have active farmland programs for young farmers to enter into farming and to increase their farm size without much difficulty. They do it through the farmland bank system. Similar policies have been applied in Japan and Taiwan while other countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia have different program for beginners to prepare farmlands like Land Contract Guarantee Program and Agriculture Entrepreneur Development Program, respectively. This kind of policy method will be introduced in detail and discussed in this seminar.
Objectives:
This seminar aims to find a better way for governments to prepare the appropriate policies for young beginners to purchase or rent farmlands or for existing young farmers to increase their farmland size.
Proposed seminar topics:
Major findings/recommendations:
Program
2015 FFTC-MARDI International Seminar on
Cultivating the Young Generation of Farmers with Farmland Policy Implications
to be held in MARDI, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 25-29 May 2015.
May 26, 2015 (Tuesday) | |||
09:00-09:30 | Registration (MARDI, Serdang) | ||
| Opening Ceremony (concurrent with Young Agropreneur Local Seminar) | ||
09:30-10:00 | Welcoming Address: HE Dato’ Dr. Sharif Haron, Director General, MARDI Opening Remarks: Dr. Yu-Tsai Huang, Director, FFTC Officiating Speech : HE Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries, Malaysia Group Photograph | ||
10:00-10:20 | Tea/Coffee Break | ||
Session І-1 | Resource Papers | Moderator: Dr. Marilyn M. ELAURIA | |
10:20-10:50 | Farmland-access Policy for Young Generation of Farmers Dr. Sen-Tyan LIN, Professor | ||
10:50-11:00 | Q&A | ||
11:00-11:30 | The Income Stratification of Rural Households and the Income Instability of Young Farmers in Korea Dr. Taeho LEE, Professor | ||
11:30-11:40 | Q&A | ||
11:40-12:10 | Land concentration and Land Market in Japan: An International Perspective Dr. Shinsaku NAKAJIMA, Senior Assistant Professor | ||
12:10-12:20 | Q&A | ||
12:20-12:50 | Policy on Land in Malaysia for Young Agropreneurs through Blue Ocean Strategy Mr. Mohd Arif Bin ADENAN, Director | ||
12:50-13:00 | Q&A | ||
13:00-14:30 | Lunch Break | ||
Session І-2 | Country Papers | Moderator: Mr. Soudchay NHOUYVANISVONG | |
14:30-15:00 | Farmland Bank in Korea Dr. Kyung-An YIM, Deputy Director | ||
15:00-15:10 | Q&A | ||
15:10-15:40 | Farmland Policy for Young Generation in Myanmar: Purchasing and Leasing Dr. Mar Mar KYU, Emeritus Professor | ||
15:40-15:50 | Q&A | ||
15:50-16:20 | Family Farming and Farmland Policy in Vietnam: Current Situation and Perspective Dr. NGUYEN Dang Minh Chanh, Head of Sciences and International Cooperation, Center for Agrarian Systems Resea4rch and Development (CASRAD), Field Crops Research Institute, Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS) | ||
16:20-16:30 | Q&A | ||
16:30-17:00 | Tea/Coffee Break | ||
18:00-20:00 | Sightseeing - Putrajaya | ||
20:00-22:00 | Welcome Dinner Hosted by Dato’ Dr. Sharif Haron, Director General, MARDI | ||
May 27, 2015 (Wednesday) | |||
Session ІІ-1 | Country Papers Moderator: Dr. Sen-Tyan LIN | ||
09:30-10:00 | Farmland Policy and Financing Program for Young Generation in the Philippines Dr. Marilyn M. ELAURIA, Professor | ||
10:00-10:10 | Q&A | ||
10:10-10:40 | MARDI Facilities for Young Generation Entrepreneur Mr. Khairul Asfamawi KHULIDIN, Senior Research Officer | ||
10:40-10:50 | Q&A | ||
10:50-11:10 | Tea/Coffee Break | ||
Session ІІ-2 | Country Papers Moderator: Dr. Mar Mar Kyu | ||
11:10-11:40 | Farmland Policy in Indonesia for Young Generation Dr. Syahyuti, Rural Sociologist | ||
11:40-11:50 | Q&A | ||
11:50-12:20 | Succession of Farmlands to Non-family Successors: Options for the Young Generation of Farmers Mr. Tasuku NAGATANI, Research Fellow | ||
12:20-12:30 | Q&A | ||
12:30-14:00 | Lunch Break | ||
Session ІІ-3 | Country Papers Moderator: Mr. Mohd Arif Bin ADENAN | ||
14:00-14:30 | New Farmer Development in Agricultural Land Reform Area in Thailand Mr. Winai MEKDUM, Director | ||
14:30-14:40 | Q&A | ||
14:40-15:10 | Youth in Agriculture and Rural Development in Lao PDR Mr. Soudchay NHOUYVANISVONG, Director | ||
15:10-15:20 | Q&A | ||
15:20-15:40 | Tea/Coffee Break | ||
15:40-16:10 | The Restructuring Policy of Agro-manpower and Farmland in Taiwan Dr. Chen-Te HUANG, Deputy Director | ||
16:10-16:20 | Q&A | ||
Session ІІ-4 | General Discussion Moderators: Dr. Taeho LEE Dr. Shinsaku NAKAJIMA | ||
16:20-17:10 | General Discussion | ||
17:10-17:20 | Conclusion | ||
17:20-17:35 | Introduction of MARDI | ||
17:35-17:45 | Introduction of FFTC | ||
18:00-20:00 | Appreciation Dinner Hosted by Dr. Yu-Tsai Huang, Director, FFTC |