THE new National Farmers Federation (NFF) president, Duncan Fraser visited Japan to attend a meeting of the international agricultural representative body.
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Mr Fraser, who became NFF President recently, has travelled to Japan as part of an Australian delegation that also includes Grain Growers Limited, Australian Dairy Farmers and Meat and Livestock Australia.
“Japan is the second largest market for Australian agriculture – we export 12 per cent of our agricultural produce, including beef, sugar, dairy and grains to Japan – which is why this trip is important in helping strengthen our relationship with this key trading partner,” Mr Fraser said.
“The purpose of our trip is twofold: to better understand the shared challenges and opportunities for agriculture in Australia and Japan; and to meet with farmer representative bodies from around the world at the World Farmers’ Organisation General Assembly,” he said.
“Interestingly, agriculture in Japan is similar to Australia in many ways,” he said.
Mr Fraser said most of Japan’s farms, like Australia’s, were family run and share many of the challenges facing Australian farmer including an ageing rural workforce and declining rural communities, a need to increase productivity growth and deal with higher costs, and the need to be prepared for a variable climate,
