Historical Roles of fomal and infomal Distibution Channels of Food; Lessons from Hiroshima's Reconstructing Process

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26450313
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Agricultural science in management and economy
• Research Institution: Hiroshima Shudo University (2015-2017); Hiroshima University (2014)
• Principal Investigator: Yano Izumi 広島修道大学, 商学部, 教授 (90289265)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 生鮮食料品 / 中央卸売市場 / 卸売市場法 / 地方都市 / 青果商 / 経済民主主義 / 地場流通 / 民間集荷業者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

On the processes of economic development, both of formal and informal distribution channels and those related agents could have complemented each other in fresh food market. Before the formal distribution channels were established, without the informal distributors who had connections with farmers in the suburbs, the development of the city would be difficult. Those informal sectors were indispensable both for farmers and people in the city. After the economic development time, the central wholesale market system in Japan has worked as a quite formal distribution system of fresh food as it is managed under the Wholesale Market Law. But, if you see the system with historical consideration, the central wholesale market is formal but the actual dealings are done by private traders who were mostly from informal sector before the economic development.

Free Research Field

農業市場学