中国の経済成長に伴う食料消費行動の 変化と食料政策

抄録

Generally, food policy is expected to play important roles to ensure food security and to cope with structural changes in food consumption. This research attempts to clarify changes in food consumption in China as the wealth gap expands with extremely high-speed economic growth. First of all, the influence of economic growth on food consumption was analyzed by taking the wealth gap into consideration. Secondly, the actual situation of consumer behavior and the factors of brand selection for rice consumption were clarified through a case study of Shanghai by use of a ‘questionnaire survey', ‘food tasting' and ‘group discussions'. Thirdly, the actual situation of food consumption in the poorest households was clarified by investigating the effects and problems of the Food Assistance Program in Shanghai. Finally, the relations between the economic developmental stage and the patterns of food consumption were modeled, and an appropriate food policy corresponding to consumer diversification under the economic growth was proposed by synthesizing the above analyses.

JEL Classification: O1, Q18