Study on the establishment conditions of the local food system in the post-Great East Japan Earthquake

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25450327
• 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: Miyagi University
• Principal Investigator: Mitsuishi Seiji 宮城大学, 食産業学部, 教授 (10438096)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YOSHIDA Toshiyuki (一財)農政調査委員会, 調査研究部, 研究員 (30285069) ; SATO Shohei (一財)農政調査委員会, 調査研究部, 研究員 (70636430) ; TAKATORI Yasuko (一財)農政調査委員会, 調査研究部, 研究員 (30643283) ; ICHIMURA Masatoshi (一財)農政調査委員会, 調査研究部, 研究員 (00468141)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ローカル・フードシステム / ファーマーズ・マーケット / グローバル・フードシステム / 水田農業 / 地域資源 / ケーススタディ / 有機農業 / ６次産業化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to clarify the condition for establishing a local food system that could withstand major disaster. Therefore, 1) elucidation of basic food distribution and supply system centered on rice, 2) the way participants in the cooperation in the affected areas with a focus on Fukushima and Miyagi Prefecture, and, 3) local food system in the foreign countries, were investigated.

In addition to these, the USDA report of the theoretical background and practical examples of the local food system in the United States was translated to share knowledge with an international perspective.

Free Research Field

フードシステム学、経営学、農業経済学、農業政策