Japan's Strategy for Sustainable Food System got off to a good start in 2021
Date: 3 April 2023
The strategy includes several goals such as 50% reduction in risk-weighted use of chemical pesticides, which has similar targets to EU GreenDeal.
The reduction of about 9% in risk-weighted use of chemical pesticides was achieved in 2021, compared to the goal of 10% reduction by 2030.
However, MAFF concluded that “This is thought to be due to special situation limited to that year, such as a decrease in agrochemical production and shipments due to the international stagnation of agrochemical raw material logistics caused by COVID-19”.
MAFF continues to encourage to reduce the risk by altering to low risk pesticides, increasing in organic farming and so on.
Fur further reading, please refer to the original website on MeaDRI (in English).
SCCJ will provide regulatory support to further address the registration of agricultural chemicals and re-evaluation program in Japan.
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