STUDY ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE INTERDEPENDENCE PERTINENT TO TRADE OF AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS

Abstract

Resources required for furnishing agricultural products are estimated and environmental resource interdependence pertinent to trade of agricultural products between countries is discussed. Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, and the USA are selected as exporters, and Africa, EU and Japan are importers. Area of farm land and amount of flesh water and fertilizer used for the production of Bovine Meet, Wheat, Rice, Barley, Maize and Soybean are estimated. Japan's consumption of beef requires 19, 540, 000ha of pasture and 7, 520, 000ha of crop land in foreign countries. This figure is equivalent to 70% of the total land area of Japan. Fourtyfive billion tons of flesh water and 980 thousand tons of nitrogen fertilizer are annually used in USA, Canada, Australia, France, and Argentina for the export to Africa, EU and Japan.