{"id":330,"date":"2014-04-01T15:52:23","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T06:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/ori\/?p=330"},"modified":"2018-10-12T10:47:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T01:47:58","slug":"sustainable-food-supply-agriculture-bioscience-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/ori\/other-en\/2014\/04\/01\/330\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Food Supply, Agriculture, Bioscience Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Field<\/p><\/div>\n

Director : Shigenobu SHIBATA
\nProfessor, Faculty of Science and Engineering<\/p>\n

Research theme<\/h3>\n

To establish a sustainable food supply system based on a research framework which integrates agriculture, biosciences and social sciences.<\/p>\n

Overview of research<\/h3>\n

We have formulated a research group on food and agriculture based on “Waseda Vision 150,” a strategic project through which Waseda University aims to establish a base for agricultural research within the university. Forty-seven researchers at Waseda University will be involved in the project, through which we aim to develop a platform for creating the entirely new domain of “Food and agriculture” at Waseda University; as there is currently no faculty of agriculture at Waseda University, this is the ideal venue for creating this new field. This research institute will form a basis for this project.
\nOur aim is to make use of Waseda University’s strengths as an institution with a comprehensive range of research domains to develop a food supply system encompassing all players from agricultural producers to consumers. The three domains of research are as follows:<\/p>\n

(1) New systems for agriculture and the agricultural workforce
\nWe aim to achieve a breakthrough in the issues Japan’s agricultural system currently faces due to the drastic decline in the numbers of agricultural workers by working to develop more sophisticated producer information through the use of information technology (IT) and diversity such information systems, and restructuring the agricultural labor system. This objective of this domain of research is to design systems and propose policies that will realize the above aims. We also aim to develop partnerships between agriculture, commerce, industry and consumers by enabling citizens to participate in agricultural production, developing a “sixth industry” in the agricultural sector and providing consumers with information about food production.<\/p>\n

(2) The “Healthy Food for a Healthy Life” lifestyle revolution
\nThis domain will work to develop functional foods and to work with consumer groups such as consumer cooperatives and the Japanese Housewives’ Association to develop a safe food supply that inspires confidence among consumers, and to develop manufacturing and control systems for food that contributes to human health. This work is part of the “Healthy Food for a Healthy Life” lifestyle revolution, and will be based on a practical approach which will aim to distribute foods that have been developed based on this new consciousness among consumers while also undertaking scientific verification of such foods.<\/p>\n

(3) Systems and governance for agriculture, forestry and fishery
\nThere is a growing need to establish agriculture, forestry and fishery systems that co-exist in harmony with natural ecosystems in order to ensure that food is produced sustainably. Such systems are quite different from large-scale agricultural production systems that are overly commercial in nature and which seek only to cut production costs in order to generate short-term profits. In order to establish agriculture, forestry and fishery systems with as small an environmental footprint as possible and realize the “Healthy Food for a Healthy Life” concept in an appropriate manner, we need to establish systems of governance\u2014in other words, participatory management\u2014in the domain of food, covering aspects such as developing partnerships and information-sharing between producers and consumers, developing set-ups for efficient food distribution and effective consumption patterns, the food processing industry, consumers, and distribution by agricultural producers. To achieve these aims, we intend to set out a governance framework for the food production system that brings together not only agricultural producers but also the food processing industry, the distribution industry and consumers.<\/p>\n

Adviser<\/h3>\n

Kenji Horiguchi (Professor Emeritus)<\/p>\n

Researchers<\/h3>\n

Shigenobu Shibata (Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering)
\nHaruko Takeyama (Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering)
\nMasayuki Kashiwagi (Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences)
\nHiroshi Koizumi (Professor, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences)
\nSatoshi Tsuneda (Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering)
\nMasafumi Katsuta (Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering)
\nHisanori Okada (Senior Researcher, Environmental Research Institute)
\nYuji Nagai (Researcher, Environmental Research Institute)
\nFumiko.Tanaka(Junior Researcher(Assistant Professor)
\nMasako Fujita (Research Associate)
\nMotoshi,Hiratsuka (Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences)Shinya Aoyama (Junior Researcher(Assistant Professor))
\nHyeonki Kim(Research Associate)
\nHiroko Murata(Junior Researcher(Assistant Professor)<\/p>\n

Adjunct Researcher<\/h3>\n

Youji Asama
\nAkiko Furutani
\nKotomi Shiota
\nMasahiro Amano
\nYosuke Yamada
\nYoko Komada
\nTsukasa Yoshida<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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