In the face of the food security crisis, the nutrition crisis, and the climate change crisis, it is more or less agreed among the international community that the current food and agriculture system is problematic and needs to be transformed and made sustainable. However, there are major...

In the beginning of relief work following the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, prefectural officials provided instant noodles for evacuees but city officials demanded something easier to eat; for example, rice balls and bread. Three days after prefectural officials started to provide them, however,...

This article aims to discuss the issues of food security and food policy based on the viewpoints from the author's research and the discussion over the problems of health and nutrition in the international societies in recent years, as well as at the 3rd OECD Food Chain Network Meeting. The concept ...

This article examines the circumstances in which a biopsy phase is necessary. In order to follow the Food Sanitation Law, HACCP-based hygiene management has become a must. At HACCP, those in charge at a lower level can check the results right away because trying to get rid of them takes time. In...

I focus on the efforts to link food and agriculture in North America and Japan. and discuss what role COVID-19 can play in shifting the food system away from dependence on markets. I also examine the historical trends in the relationship between food and agriculture. and the impact that the spread...

It might be necessary to take domestic counter measures in agriculture policy because significant changes in trade rules due to international negotiations may have a significant impact on domestic agriculture. Changes in the external environment and corresponding agriculture policies have been...

A regional food security policy is intended to increase the regional rate of self-sufficiency in food supplies. This study uses choice experiments to evaluate such policies. Our main aim is to determine whether food security policies at a regional level can substitute for a national food security...

Two factors have historically influenced the measures for food risks in terms of sufficiency: economic factors such as developments in commodity economy and distribution systems, and political factors such as effective governance systems. Japan has formulated a unique concept of food security...

This study reviews the background of The Basic Law on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas formulation, the aim of the new basic law, and the agricultural policy for 20 years, and introduces the research results of the main policies of The Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry...

This paper focuses on the importance of the development of various cultivation technologies that aim to improve the nutrient use efficiency of rice in order to contribute to food security in Madagascar.