http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/03/19/deja-vu-in-japans-agricultural-policymaking/ Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:50:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/03/19/deja-vu-in-japans-agricultural-policymaking/comment-page-1/#comment-116855 Aurelia George Mulgan Thu, 13 May 2010 07:33:56 +0000 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/?p=10746#comment-116855 I agree, that is why ten ares represent one 10th of a hectare, as per the above posting. AGM I agree, that is why ten ares represent one 10th of a hectare, as per the above posting. AGM

]]> http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/03/19/deja-vu-in-japans-agricultural-policymaking/comment-page-1/#comment-104388 Alex Luta Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:17:42 +0000 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/?p=10746#comment-104388 I think there is a small mathematical slip-up here: if the sides of a square increase by a given factor, its surface increases by the square of that factor. An are is an agricultural unit of measurement for a square surface of 10 meters by 10 meters. A hectare is 100 meters by 100 meters. This makes an are one hundredth of a hectare. I think there is a small mathematical slip-up here: if the sides of a square increase by a given factor, its surface increases by the square of that factor. An are is an agricultural unit of measurement for a square surface of 10 meters by 10 meters. A hectare is 100 meters by 100 meters. This makes an are one hundredth of a hectare.

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