DAY 5
Session 1
Key takeaways:
- There is a decrease of numbers in agricultural sector
- There are technical intern trainees from around the world
- Japan cannot produce enough because of the pandemic
- The average age of farmers are now 60
SESSION 2
- Health and education holds a large percentage in gdp
- Agriculture has little gdp share
- Has high labor costs
- Development was shaped by different approaches to regulations like chemicals, food
management)
- Agriculture is full of zoonotic diseases like bird flu, swine flu, rabies
- Is the downturn in exports in agriculture really an impact of covid?
- Australia has FTA with the PH
- Reduce burden on health expentidure (WTO Sanitary)
- Inequality is exploited
Session 3
- Agriculture is really important for food security around the world because it is the backbone of
one’s economy. It is also vital in purusing the SDG goals, end hunger.
- The population will increase more and more
- We will not have enough food to feed them
- There are still millions of people around the world who go to bed with an empty stomach each
night
- We should share what we have to other countries. We are all connected. Their downfall is our
downfall. Hence, we should trade.
- The agricultural sector does not have enough fund
- Unsustainable agriculture is one of the major challenges
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