抄録
With the view of improving Japan’s rate of food self-sufficiency, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has announced a subsidy of 80,000 yen or less in the current year for each 10 ares of rice planted by farmers who are newly producing the staple for the purpose of making rice powder. It has been forecast that the price of rice powder will fall as a result of this subsidy, which will also help the users of the commodity to make more profit. However, it is not economically viable for farmers to produce a rice crop for the purpose of making rice powder without a subsidy. On the basis of this fact, we clarified the necessary subsidy amount for a farmer to consider producing rice for the purpose of making rice powder on set-aside land. In addition, we clarified the user needs regarding rice powder through our investigation into a bakery. From our investigation, it was clear that the policy did not fulfill the user needs. Finally, we were able to indicate the direction in which the policy needed to aim in the future.
