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2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Conservation and Restoration of the Environment and Natural Resources, and Condition for the Stabilization of Food Resources in East Asia

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14402050
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section海外学術
Research Field 環境保全
Research InstitutionNihon University

Principal Investigator

SHIMOWATARI Toshiharu  Nihon University, College of Bioresource Sciences, Professor, 生物資源科学部, 教授 (00120478)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) UEHARA Hideki  Meisei University, Faculty of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (80151827)
ROY Kingshuk  Nihon University, College of Bioresource Sciences, Lecturer, 生物資源科学部, 講師 (10339294)
NAGASAKA Sadao  Nihon University, College of Bioresource Sciences, Lecturer, 生物資源科学部, 講師 (70318385)
TAKAHI Sachiko  Akita University, Faculty of Education and Human Studies, Associate Professor, 教育文化学部, 助教授 (00261644)
ITAGAKI Keishiro  Tokyo Agricultural University, Faculty of International Agriculture and Food Studies, Professor, 国際食料情報学部, 教授 (20130304)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
KeywordsEast Asia / Food Resources / Economic Development / Desertification / Environmental Degradation / Natural Resources / Ecosystem / Modern Food System
Research Abstract

Problems concerned with ensuring the stability of food resources in East Asian countries have some peculiarities comparing to that in other developing countries. Especially, the food demand resulting from increasing population pressure to land (arable land) as well as the rapid economic growth in the region is notable among other associated problems. To the vast population in china (1,300 millions), 500 million tons food grains are produced and consumed every year. This amount is a 100 million tons increase compared with that at the end of the 1970s (reform-period). In addition, the contents of the food demand are also changing a lot due to the rapid economic development and change in per capita income. Such a rapid change in the demand and supply of food tends to be similar in most of the Southeast Asian countries where the food consuming structure is closely related with the economic fluctuation. In the East Asian region too, due to rapid progress of the industrialization and urbaniz … More ation, farmlands that once used for agricultural crop production are being converted to housing and industrial lands, use of water is proportionally increasing, that ultimately making deficit of two basic limited resources (land and water). In this research report, we will describe such a phenomenon appeared notably along the Yellow River valley in China Conventionally, in the arid regions of the central west and north east parts of China, large scale natural disasters such as severe drought and massive floods used to be occurred at intervals of three to ten years. However, the present study shows the generating cycle of a drought and a flood in the said regions has become short in recent years. Simultaneously, uncontrolled water use and its improper management system in the big cities in the downstream region of the Yellow River are making environmental degradation that ultimately have had serious influence also on the food production of China Thailand is another famous agricultural country in the Southeast Asia where foreign affiliated and local shrimp culture projects are getting popular along its large coastal zone. However, although this tendency is helping the country to earn foreign currency more than before, the existing situation is that the destruction of the environmentally friendly mangroves as well as the rate of contamination of the surrounding farmlands and water eventually hampers the production of the rice which is basic crop of the country. Furthermore, in Malaysia where large-scale oil palm gardens are growing by demand increase of the global plant oil and fat, lack in taking care of the biodiversity is making problem to natural ecosystem and environment Al these facts has led the authors to conclude that reconstruction of natural resources and the food system where basic environmental factors could survive symbiotically is a pressing need in East Asia. Less

  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2005 2004

All Journal Article (13 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 中国のフードシステム2005

    • Author(s)
      下渡 敏治
    • Journal Title

      世界のフードシステム(堀口, 下渡編集)

      Pages: 67-77

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Food System of China (in Japanese)2005

    • Author(s)
      T.Shimowatari
    • Journal Title

      World Food System (edited by Horiguchi & Shimowatari)

      Pages: 67-77

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] FTA交渉が農業・食品製造業に及ぼす影響2004

    • Author(s)
      下渡 敏治
    • Journal Title

      開発学研究 15巻1号

      Pages: 22-29

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 途上国における環境問題と食料不安の根源2004

    • Author(s)
      上原 秀樹
    • Journal Title

      日本大学経済科学研究所紀要 No.33

      Pages: 367-378

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Status of Arsenic Calamity and its Prevention in Rural Area-An evalution Based on field survey in hot spot areas-2004

    • Author(s)
      Kingshuk Roy
    • Journal Title

      Intl conf.On Participatory Strategy for Soil and Water Conservation

      Pages: 12-22

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] マレーシア連邦サバ州におけるマングローブ林の保全政策について2004

    • Author(s)
      高樋 さち子
    • Journal Title

      秋田大学教育文化学部紀要人文科学・社会科学 No.57

      Pages: 1-18

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 食料・農産物の貿易自由化と農業・農村の持続可能性2004

    • Author(s)
      板垣 啓四郎
    • Journal Title

      開発と貿易の新潮流(上原, 溝辺編著)

      Pages: 62-73

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Influence of FTA negotiation on agriculture and food processing industries (in Japanese)2004

    • Author(s)
      T.Shimowatari
    • Journal Title

      Journal of International Development Studies 15(1)

      Pages: 22-29

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Root causes of food insecurity and environment problems in developing countries (in Japanese)2004

    • Author(s)
      H.Uehara
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of Nihon University Economics and Science 33

      Pages: 367-378

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Status of Arsenic Calamity and Its Prevention in Rural Areas in Bangladesh-An evaluation based on Field Survey in ‘hot spot' areas-2004

    • Author(s)
      Roy, K.
    • Journal Title

      Participatory Strategy for Soil and Water Conservation, published by The Institute of Environment Rehabilitation and Conservation

      Pages: 147-156

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Planning Assessment of Economic Benefit in Case of Proper Practices of Irrigation Water Management Followed in Bangladesh2004

    • Author(s)
      N.C.Dey, S.K.Bala, S.Hayakawa, K.Roy
    • Journal Title

      Regional Cooperation on Transboundary Rivers(Indian River-linking Project)

      Pages: 408-421

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Conservative measures of mangrove forests in Sabah province of Malaysia (in Japanese)2004

    • Author(s)
      S.Takahi
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of Akita University Education Faculty 57

      Pages: 1-18

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Free trade of food and agricultural crops and sustainability of agriculture and farmers (in Japanese)2004

    • Author(s)
      K.Itagaki
    • Journal Title

      New Style Developemnt and Trade (edited by Uehara and Mizobe)

      Pages: 62-73

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 世界のフードシステム2005

    • Author(s)
      堀口健治, 下渡敏治編集
    • Total Pages
      338
    • Publisher
      (財)農林統計協会
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] World food system (in Japanese)2005

    • Author(s)
      K.Horiguchi, T.Shimowatari
    • Total Pages
      1-338
    • Publisher
      Japanese Society of Agricultural Statistics
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2006-07-11  

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