This program provides community leaders and advanced farmers (men and women) with opportunities to observe and study the latest status of farm production and marketing, environmental protection, animal product processing, horticultural therapy, etc. on short-term visits of foreign countries.
YOUNG FOREIGN FARMERS TRAINING PROGRAM IN JAPAN
1. ASEAN YOUNG FARM LEADERS TRAINING PROGRAM IN JAPAN
This program hosts agricultural trainees from ASEAN countries (Indonesia,Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand). They learn latest agricultural technology and management skills through practical on-farm training and lecture sessions.
2. EUROPEAN YOUNG FARMERS TRAINING PROGRAM IN JAPAN
The program is implemented as a part of the two-way exchange program with European countries, where JAEC sends Japanese trainees. European youths are trained on farm.
PROGRAMS FOR PROMOTING FARM MANAGEMENT STUDY
1. STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL MARKETING OF FARM COMMODITIES
Seminars and workshops are organized for information exchange and discussions concerning overseas agriculture with a view to attaining internationally competitive agriculture. Participants are: farm community leaders, advanced farmers, potential entrants to farming, etc.
2. INFORMATION AND SERVICES
JAEC publishes a semi-annual magazine“The New Farmers”, other papers and documents.
PROGRAMS/PROJECTS CONCERNED WITH GROBAL AGRICULTURE
JAEC undertakes wide-ranging activities for supplementing the above-mentioned activities and promoting international cooperation. It also accepts requests from Government agencies and non-governmental organizations/institutions for occasional studies and other services as long as JAEC regulations permit.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNCIL
1. ESTABLISHMENT
The Association for International Collaboration of Farmers, Japan (est. 1952) and the Japanese Agricultural Training Council (est. 1966) were consolidated in an attempt to assure the further development and strengthening of the programs. As a result, the Japan Agricultural Exchange Council (JAEC), the incorporated nonprofit organization, was established on March 30, 1988.
2. ADMINISTERING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Consular and Migration Policy Division, Consular Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Young Farmers and Women Division, Management Improvement Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
3. OBJECTIVES
The goals of the Council’s activities are to offer Japanese farm youth the opportunities to cultivate their international awareness and to expand their abilities with experiences they have as overseas agricultural trainees. The Council also conducts agricultural training programs in Japan for farm youths of foreign countries, so that they can become core farmers in their respective countries. The programs are conducted with the objective of ontributing to agricultural development both in Japan and abroad. These programs are intended to promote the international exchange of farmers and eventually to contribute to the world’s peace and harmonious prosperity.
