| 研究実績の概要 |
I completed numerous publications over the previous academic year thanks to the support of this funding. In particular, I would like to emphasize “A critical agrarian approach to food crises: Social distance as a specific food crisis arising from the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan” which I co-authored with Chika Kondo and published in Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. This paper delves how the food crisis of Covid-19 reshaped Japanese food systems. In Figure 2, we explain that while industrial and local producers were largely able to shift sales to other venues, artisan producers had less flexibility to transition sales away from in-person dining. This explains why some artisan producers were especially hard hit. In October 2023, I conducted field research in Miyazaki Prefecture on jidori farmers to continue my research on Covid-19’s impact on artisan producers in Japan. I spoke with farmers regarding the challenges that they faced with a sharp decline in demand. This proved very difficult as they must anticipate how much meat they wish to sell three to five months prior to sale, at the time when they purchase chickens. I also continued my research on heirloom pigs in Okinawa, conducting archival research with the help of a research assistant.
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