Globalization of food and the crisis of the Japanese dietary habits

Abstract

　Until now, Japan has been able to procure any amount of high quality food at low prices from overseas. However, as the international food market become more volatile in the 2000s, the three stability of "price”, "quality” and "supply” that Japan has enjoyed so fa can no longer be guaranteed. Consumers are increasingly looking to domestic agriculture. But can Japanese agriculture meet these consumer expectations? Should Japanese Agriculture Policy Should Support Small-Scale Farmers Compatible with Nature in intermediate Regions in the Future? In area where conditions are unfavorable, the scale of management is unnecessarily expanded, aiming to improve management productivity by combing management and livestock production centered on rice cultivation. In other words, promoting agricultural reform based on tradition.