THE Philippines and Japan are expanding cooperation in food exports, modern farming systems, and long-term food security, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said, following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.\u2019s state visit May 26 to 29 with a delegation that engaged in high-level meetings with Japanese officials.<\/p>\n
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said discussions with his Japanese counterpart revolved around technology exchange, logistics efficiency, and market access for the Philippines\u2019 agricultural and fisheries products.<\/p>\n
Priorities include exporting Philippine pomelos before the end of the year, as well as participation in a major Green Expo in March 2027 to promote horticulture products.<\/p>\n
Horticulture is the art, science, and business of cultivating plants for food, medicine, and aesthetic enjoyment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a big export market for horticulture products in the world. … We need to maintain this and grow it further,\u201d Tiu Laurel said, referring to ornamental plants and other high-value products.<\/p>\n
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By signing up with an email address, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the Terms of Service<\/a> and Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Protecting the country\u2019s banana exports is a big concern, Tiu Laurel said, noting that the Philippine delegation reiterated a request for reduced banana tariffs while the country prepares to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnerships (CPTPP).<\/p>\n Japan is the Philippines\u2019 top banana export market globally.<\/p>\n Also discussed was cooperation in livestock and fisheries, particularly for tuna, another top Philippine export to Japan.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Japan\u2019s grain facilities \u2014 which are equipped with automated dryers and dehuskers which can process large volumes with minimal manpower \u2014 offered valuable insights to the DA, Tiu Laurel said, noting that these could be adopted by the National Food Authority.<\/p>\n \u201cJapan could store rice up to five years. In the Philippines, our buffer stocks are stored for [only] 30 days,\u201d Tiu Laurel said.<\/p>\n Other Japanese agricultural technologies have been undergoing trials in Davao since last year, Tiu Laurel added, saying these have shown promising results, and that the DA may soon expand their utilization to other major Philippine crops. Giselle Jordan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE Philippines and Japan are expanding cooperation in food exports, modern farming systems, and long-term food security, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[10983,217,215,8237,4161,8,214,216,17412],"class_list":["post-32529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-agricultural","tag-business","tag-business-of-japan","tag-cooperation","tag-expand","tag-japan","tag-japans-business","tag-japanese-business","tag-ph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}