A159According to MAFF estimates, based on statistics from the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the self-sufficiency rate in fiscal 2003 for Australia was 237%, Canada 145%, the United States 128% and France 122%. Those coun-tries with rates below 100% include Spain 89%, Germany at 84% and Sweden 84% with relatively high rates, while countries such as the United Kingdom at 70%, Italy 62%, the Netherlands 58% and Switzerland 49% have even lower rates, although they are still higher than Japan's rate. Food self-sufficiency and the rice problem