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Panel 2-3 The Potential of "Food Policy" : Lessons from Trial Analysis between Toronto and Sumida /Mima Nishiyama
Mima Nishiyama
Professor, Agricultural Economics, School of Agriculuture, Utsunomiya University, Japan
The Accumulation in the field of research on the relationship between food and agriculture includes the concept of food policy, which considers food issues related to people's right to survival as the most important issue and formulates policies that link a wide range of areas to people's food intake and its consequences. This report introduces the efforts of the City of Toronto, Canada, as an advanced example to deepen understanding of food policy, and then analyzes the case of "Sumida's food education" in Sumida-ku, Tokyo, to discuss the possibilities of a Japanese-style food policy. The integrated control of local food, agriculture, and other issues through food policy is important from perspective if enhancing food security in the community. In other words, when food security is achieved at the community, household, and individual levels, the local food system has functioned in a fair, healthy, and sustainable manner. Food policy is positioned as the ultimate strategy to achieve this.
Keywords: food policy, local food system, alternative food networks (AFNs) , community food
security, food policy council
Professor, Agricultural Economics, School of Agriculuture, Utsunomiya University, Japan
The Accumulation in the field of research on the relationship between food and agriculture includes the concept of food policy, which considers food issues related to people's right to survival as the most important issue and formulates policies that link a wide range of areas to people's food intake and its consequences. This report introduces the efforts of the City of Toronto, Canada, as an advanced example to deepen understanding of food policy, and then analyzes the case of "Sumida's food education" in Sumida-ku, Tokyo, to discuss the possibilities of a Japanese-style food policy. The integrated control of local food, agriculture, and other issues through food policy is important from perspective if enhancing food security in the community. In other words, when food security is achieved at the community, household, and individual levels, the local food system has functioned in a fair, healthy, and sustainable manner. Food policy is positioned as the ultimate strategy to achieve this.
Keywords: food policy, local food system, alternative food networks (AFNs) , community food
security, food policy council