抄録
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Japan has become the second largest, after that of the USA, in the world. Therefore, it is necessary that Japan develops its original technologies instead of following and improving those developed in other counties.
Recently, it has been said that the collaboration of industry, academic and government is essential in order to attain this target. Fortunately, in the area of membrane science and technology development for food processing, these three groups as mentioned above have been collaborating for the last 15 years.
In this paper it will be discussed what the characteristics of the industry, academic and government are, and how they can collaborate better. Also the history of the collaborative research association of membrane technology for food processing will be described which was promoted by the ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, and the membrane research circle of food which is a non-governmental organization.
