An International Comparative Study on Foreign Agricultural Investment and the Reponsibility of Investing Countries under the Restructuring of Agro-food Regime

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25292139
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Agricultural science in rural society and development
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Hisano Shuji 京都大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 教授 (10271628)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IKEGAMI Koichi 近畿大学, 農学部, 教授 (90176082) ; ISODA Hiroshi 九州大学, 農学研究院, 准教授 (00193392) ; SHIRATAKE Yoshiharu 佐賀大学, 農学部, 教授 (10192121) ; SHINAGAWA Masaru 佐賀大学, 経済学部, 教授 (10363417) ; IWASA Kazuyuki 高知大学, 人文社会・教育学系, 教授 (40314976) ; NAKANISHI Miki 高知大学, 人文社会・教育学系, 准教授 (60553146) ; SANO Sayaka 東洋大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (40469094) ; SAKASHITA Akihiko 北海道大学, 農学研究院, 教授 (70170595) ; PARK Hong 北海道大学, 農学研究院, 准教授 (80312396) ; SATO Nobuko 九州大学, 農学研究院, 教授 (80253516)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): FUJIWARA Takahiro 九州大学, 持続可能な社会のための決断科学センター, 助教 (20637839)
• Research Collaborator: MONSALVE Sofia FIAN International, Heidelberg ; BORRAS Saturino M., Jr. Int'l Institute of Social Studies ; COOMANS Fons Maastricht University ; FUNADA-CLASSEN Sayaka 明治学院大学, 国際平和研究所, 研究員 ; AONISHI Yasuo 開発と権利のための開発センター ; MORISHITA Maiko Oxfam Japan ; HIGASHI Tomomi メコン・ウォッチ ; KAWAKAMI Toyoyuki Rainforest Action Network Japan ; WATANABE Naoko 日本国際ボランティアセンター ; RALANDISON Tsilavo IST Antananarivo
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 国際農業開発 / ランドグラブ / アグリビジネス / グローバルガバナンス / 政府開発援助 / アグリフードレジーム / 国際人権レジーム / 多国籍企業

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the midst of global food insecurity, we have seen a rapid increase of foreign agricultural investment through problematic large-scale land grabbing, which is justified in the name of the necessity of increasing food production and promoting rural economic development in the Global South as well as improving food security in the food-insecure Global North. Though many productive research projects on the issue have been organised among concerned academic communities worldwide, Japanese scholars have been far left behind despite that Japanese ODA and corporate FDI are criticised for being involved in some of land grabbing cases in Africa and Southeast Asia, among others. Throughout this research project, we have gained better understanding of the complex realities of large-scale agricultural investment by investigating several investing countries and TNCs as well as invested countries and affected rural communities. We also have examined a possible international regulatory regime.

Free Research Field

農業・食料の国際政治経済学