2020 年 27 巻 3 号 p. 69-79
In this paper, the development of food policy in relation to food self-sufficiency and food system is reviewed. The food policy in the post-war period was formed outside the framework of Agriculture Basic Act to promote food production and the food industry, but it was incorporated into the framework of Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas Basic Act during the Heisei period based on the development of the linkage between food and agriculture. With the recession of food consumption in the mid-1990s, the circumstances surrounding food and food products have changed dramatically. A unified approach to food and agricultural policy, including consumption stimuli, is required.