Socio-economic study on the industrial complex processes in the production area formation of functional agricultural products

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24580343
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Agro-economics
• Research Institution: Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Principal Investigator: Inoue Sotaro 農林水産省農林水産政策研究所, その他部局等, 研究員 (50356325)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SUDA Fumiaki 農林水産省, 農林水産政策研究所, 上席主任研究官 (70356327) ; GOTO Kazuhisa 国立研究開発法人農業・食品産業技術総合研究機構, 食農ビジネス推進センター, 上級研究員 (70370616)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 機能性農産物 / 農村アニメーター / 食料産業クラスター / フランス / タイ / 技術進歩 / オープンイノベーション / 競争力政策

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Functional agricultural products have been expected as an effective tool for the development of rural economy though its industrialization needs a wide range of innovation in the food system from the R&D of a new technology to the marketing of final products. In order to formulate policy recommendations for effectively facilitate such an innovation, international comparisons were conducted for relevant policies and cases in Japan and abroad, mainly EU. It is emphasized that the following three policies are of importance, namely the fostering of rural animator who animate and coordinate various actors in rural area, the establishing of organization for their activities and the supporting the R & D network to realize open-innovation.

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