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JGAP/ASIAGAP	Both JGAP and ASIAGAP are GAP programs established by the Japan GAP Foundation with third-party audit. JGAP covers fruit and vegetables, grains, tea, and livestock, while ASIAGAP covers fruit and vegetables, grains and tea. The Japan GAP Foundation applied to GFSI for recognition of ASIAGAP in November 2017 so that ASIAGAP could become a GFSI-recognized international certification program.
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Local consumption of local products	This is an initiative for agriculture, forestry or fishery products (limited to food products) produced in domestic regions to be consumed in those regions. The initiative contributes to improving the food self-sufficiency ratio and to promoting AFFrinnovation through farmer's market and processing operations.
Livestock industry cluster	This is an initiative for livestock farms and local livestock stakeholders (including contractors and other outside supporters, distribution and processing business operators, agricultural organizations and the administration sector) to enhance profitability of livestock industry in a region, working together in close coordination (based on a plan).
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NPO	NPO stands for non-profit organization. These organizations perform various activities to contribute to society and do not distribute profits to their members. NPOs are expected to play an important role in responding to diversified needs of society in various areas (including welfare, education, culture, community building, ecology and international cooperation). Organizations that have been incorporated through the Act to Promote Specified Nonprofit Activities are called corporations engaging in specified non-profit activities and are allowed to open bank accounts and lease office spaces under their respective organization titles.
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OIE	OIE stands for Office International des Epizooties in French. In English, it is called the World Organization for Animal Health. It is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1924 to improve animal health. As of 2018, the number of OIE member countries and regions stands at 181. Japan acceded to the OIE in 1930. The OIE conducts animal health, food safety, animal welfare and other operations, handling mammals, avian species, bees, fishes, shellfishes, mollusks, amphibian species and reptiles.
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People and Farmland Plan	The plan compiles the results of thorough talks between regional farmers to solve regional agriculture challenges. It is updated annually and used as a blueprint for the future of regional agriculture.
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Replotted land	Replotted land is land deemed as land before readjustment or development (traditional land) under the allocation of replotted land for a project to readjust land or develop farmland to change farmland boundaries and shapes. The allocation of replotted land is an administrative action to fix new land after readjustment or development (replotted land) replacing land before readjustment or development (traditional land) and take some legal procedures to deem the replotted land as land before readjustment or development (traditional land).
Rural community	The rural community is a fundamental regional unit where households are connected by local and family ties for farming or utilization of farming water in some municipal localities. These communities have close relationships for a wide range of activities including maintenance and management of irrigation facilities, use of farming equipment, and marriages and funerals. They have developed many characteristic traditions and function as autonomous or administrative units.