DMO	DMO stands for destination management organization. At the helm of regional tourism development, the organization cooperates with various stakeholders to work out regional strategies based on clear concepts and coordinate between stakeholders for implementing those strategies.
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Ecofeed	Ecofeed is feed that makes effective use of food residual, etc., representing a combination of ecological or economical and feed.
EPA/FTA	EPA stands for Economic Partnership Agreement and FTA for Free Trade Agreement. An FTA is a treaty between particular countries or regions created for the purpose of reducing and repealing tariffs on goods and services trade barriers. An EPA is a treaty that adds rules on investment and protection of intellectual property to the basic contents of an FTA in order to enhance a wider range of economic relations. Under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), member countries are allowed to liberalize trade with EPA or FTA partners as an exception to most-favored nation status on the following conditions: (1) “abolishment of tariffs and other restrictive trade regulations” for “essentially all trade”, (2) abolishing such practices within a reasonable time frame (as a rule, within 10 years), and (3) refraining from enhancing tariffs and other trade barriers for nations other than EPA or FTA partners (under Article 24 and other sections of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade).
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Family business agreement	A family business agreement is a written arrangement that clarifies business plans, each family member’s role, working conditions, etc. for a farming family based on talks between family members. In family farming, it is important to clarify each family member’s role, working conditions, etc. to pursue effective, stable business management. This agreement clarifies the roles of farming family members including women and successors, allowing a farming family to become subject to farmer annuity schemes and utilize joint applications for the certified farmer system.
Farmland concentration and intensification	Farmland “concentration” means owning or leasing farmland to expand farmland for utilization. Farmland “intensification” means exchanging farmland use rights to allow farming to be conducted continuously without difficulty.
Food security	As for food security in Japan, the Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas Basic Act states, “Even in the case that domestic supply is insufficient to meet demand or is likely to be for a certain period, due to unexpected situations such as a bad harvest or interrupted imports, the minimum food supply required for the people shall be secured in order not to be a hindrance to the stability of peoples’ lives and smooth operation of the national economy.” As for global food security, meanwhile, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) states, “Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.” This widely accepted definition points to the following dimensions of food security: the availability of sufficient quantities of food of appropriate quality, supplied through domestic production or imports (food availability), the legal, political, economic and social entitlements of individuals to access foods for a nutritious diet (food access), utilization of food through adequate diet, clean water, sanitation and health care to reach a state of nutritional well-being where all physiological needs are met (utilization), and stable access to adequate food at all times for a population household or individual (stability).