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Food and Resource Economics Division
We pay attention to various activities of human food production in the biosphere by analyzing the integrated cycles of food production, distribution, consumption, and disposal. We research on the social systems of food production, distribution and consumption that harmonize with the environment, and explore positive prospects for regional resource management derived from socio-economic view points.
 
Food Production Management

 

From a socio-economic view point, the food production management section studies and conducts surveys on the production structure of agriculture and fisheries, sustainable use of food resource, environmental conservation, food production policy, and so on. This section is further divided into two parts:

 

1) Decentralized and participatory approach in food resource management and revitalization of local society: through fields studies in East Asia (Yamao, M.)
2) Production and marketing adoption of farmers, producing areas and their organizations in Japan, China and Thailand with consideration on the direction of policy. (Hosono, K.)
   
 
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  <Academic Staff> 
    YAMAO Masahiro (Professor) 
    HOSONO Kenji (Associate Professor)
 
Farmer's market in Sera town



Interviewing in yellowtail aquaculture sites
 
Agricultural Marketing
 

The market is existence that ties the circulation of production, distribution, consumption, and abandonment of food. The way how the market is greatly influences production of food, development of rural regions, and safe food consumption. Therefore, we research the market from the socio-economic view to solve the food and rural problems.

1) Rural development through market localization and the role of cooperative movement in the development process (Tanaka, H.)
2) Dynamics of distribution and market system which contribute the sustainability of production area, especially small scale and less favored area (Yano, I.)
3) Rural development and agricultural marketing in Vietnam under the globalization and market-oriented economic reform (Takanashi, F.)
   
 
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  <Academic Staff> 
     TANAKA Hideki (Professor)
     YANO Izumi (Associate Professor)
     TAKANASHI Fumie
          ( Associate Professor (Special Appointment))
 
Interview at a fish
direct market


Visiting grading lines
of citrus