2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Environmental effects of smart food system and food lifestyle
Project/Area Number |
15KT0121
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 特設分野 |
Research Field |
Food Cycle Research
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Research Institution | Waseda University |
Principal Investigator |
Washizu Ayu 早稲田大学, 社会科学総合学術院, 教授 (60222874)
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Project Period (FY) |
2015-07-10 – 2020-03-31
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Keywords | スマートフード / 情報通信技術 / 食のライフスタイル |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this project we performed two researches. The purpose of the first research is to evaluate the effects of information and communication technology (ICT) in a smart food and agriculture system by input-output analysis. As a result, we confirmed that such a system has a large economic ripple effect on the whole economy. At the same time, we clarify new industrial structure that exists in that smart system. In our second research, we defined indicators of cooking effort and usage intensity of convenience food, and presented a model wherein a “meal” is home-produced. In the model, a home cook decides the optimal cooking effort to apply for a given usage intensity of convenience food. Using an empirical form of the proposed model, we calculated “the elasticity of cooking effort with respect to the usage intensity of convenience food” for home cooks. The results revealed that smart food systems that utilize ICT allow home cooks to explore convenience foods that match their preferences.
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Free Research Field |
計量経済学・産業連関分析
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
スマートフードシステムは,第5次科学技術基本計画の目標であるSciety5.0においても注目されている。本研究ではスマートフードシステムが,経済システムに新たな経済循環構造をもたらすことを明らかにし,また,人々の食生活にも好影響を及ぼすことを明らかにした。前者の新たな経済循環構造は持続的なものと考えられ,スマート化が食品産業や農業以外でも浸透することにより,緩やかな経済成長につながる可能性を示せた。また後者については,高齢者の食生活を支援するために,コンビニエンスフードの役割が重視されるようになっている中で,高齢者の食卓豊かにするための考え方を整理するために有用な役割を果たす。
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