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Jun 24, 2011 - Mar 31, 2013

GRIPS-PRIMAFF joint research on restoring and establishing the food supply system and agriculture production infrastructure damaged by the East Japan catastrophic earthquake

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This joint research discusses what kind of policies are necessary and would be effective in order to increase production capacity through the prompt restoration and upgrading of the agriculture production infrastructure at the time of reconstructing the food supply capacity in disaster-affected areas, including three prefectures in Tohoku. The research further conducts quantitative empirical analyses as to how these policies would affect the stable food supply in Japan, and in particular, what effect the policies have on strategies for enhancing food self-sufficiency. At the same time, it also evaluates the need to remove the fear associated with food contamination by radioactive material, as well as the recovery of the public trust in the safety and security of agricultural products and processed products, based on empirical analyses using various analytical quantitative methods, including survey-based policy analysis. This joint project is expected to achieve some positive results from the policy analysis in terms of our country’s new agricultural policies, and based on the results, to establish academic intelligence that contributes to the development of future policy studies and policy science by integrating the knowledge of both institutions. Through collaboration between expert scholars in policy studies and policy science at GRIPS and researchers of PRIMAFF, the aim of this joint project is to contribute to solving important policy issues, including Japan’s risk management measures, agricultural policies, food supply strategies and safety and security measures for food. This joint research addresses the following research projects: (1) Survey on overall agriculture-related damage resulting from the disaster in the Tohoku District (2) Study and empirical analysis for improving the food distribution and supply system (3) Evaluation and quantitative empirical analysis of the influence on the stable food supply, especially strategies for enhancing Japan’s food self-sufficiency (4) Study for recovering trust in food safety and security This joint research discusses what kind of policies are necessary and would be effective in order to increase production capacity through the prompt restoration and upgrading of the agriculture production infrastructure at the time of reconstructing the food supply capacity in disaster-affected areas, including three prefectures in Tohoku. The research further conducts quantitative empirical analyses as to how these policies would affect the stable food supply in Japan, and in particular, what effect the policies have on strategies for enhancing food self-sufficiency. At the same time, it also evaluates the need to remove the fear associated with food contamination by radioactive material, as well as the recovery of the public trust in the safety and security of agricultural products and processed products, based on empirical analyses using various quantitative methods, including survey-based policy analysis.