Project/Area Number |
22K14955
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
Basic Section 41010:Agricultural and food economics-related
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Research Institution | Utsunomiya University |
Principal Investigator |
シュレーガ ベンジャミン 宇都宮大学, 農学部, 助教 (90943605)
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Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-01 – 2025-03-31
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Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2022)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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Keywords | artisan food / Japan / covid-19 / Artisan food / Covid / food system / sustainability |
Outline of Research at the Start |
The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted food systems across the world, but the pandemic’s impacts have varied greatly. This project will evaluate how the pandemic impacted artisan food producers to better understand how the pandemic is reshaping Japan’s food economies.
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Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In September 2022, I travelled to Okinawa to research about the impact of Covid-19 on artisan food and the Agu heirloom pork brand. In November and December 2022, I conducted a survey of all of the wagyu brands reporting production numbers in the 2001 beef handbook. I sent out surveys to roughly 190 organizations and received responses from roughly half.
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Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
I had a child in early February 2023. This disrupted my plan to conduct research from January to March 2023.
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Strategy for Future Research Activity |
I will continue to analyze the data from the survey of wagyu brands. From these surveys, I will select a number of brands who agreed to follow-up interviews to conduct further ethnographic interviews. I am also considering expanding to analyze jidori and ji-beer. I plan to travel in Tochigi, Miyazaki, and Okinawa to conduct this research.
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