Rice: An alternative source of animal feed

The Japanese government may give production incentives to rice farmers to grow rice for animal feed instead of human consumption, informed sources said. Since plans have been proposed for terminating the state’s decades-old rice output control system, the Liberal Democratic Party-led government is reviewing the current subsidies to see if the shift can be encouraged, since rice production for human consumption far outstrips demand, the sources said. The programme currently pays a fixed s