2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Study on Development of Organic Agriculture under the Commercialization of organic Agriculture.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22658070
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Agro-economics
Research Institution	Akita Prefectural University
Principal Investigator	SAKAI Toru 秋田県立大学, 生物資源科学部, 准教授 (80457762)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	ITO Ryoji 新潟大学, 自然科学系, 助教 (70334654)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	TANIGUTI Yoko (60507432)
Research Collaborator	YOKOTA Shigenaga
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	食の安全 / 農業環境政策 / 農産物流通 / 食品表示制度 / 農業経済学
Research Abstract	Since JAS organic standard system started in 2000, organic food imports have increased, but domestic organic production remains low. The amount of organic foods sold at the supermarket and the catering industry has increased. Therefore, wholesalers specialized in organic foods have increased the sales to the supermarket and the catering industry. Domestic organic agriculture has not expanded much except in production areas far from the consuming place and suppliers to the supermarket and the catering industry. According to Law on Promote Organic Agriculture, promotion plans for organic agriculture has been established at all prefecture in Japan. However, each prefecture have neither enough effective measure nor enough budget for the measure.