Nationwide trends and problems regarding Chisan-Chisho: Local production for local consumption
2006
Nomiyama, T.(Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu (Japan))
The chisan-chisho movement is an emerging alternative local agro-food distribution in Japan. While the measurement of chisan-chisho ratio is difficult, measuring the rate of increase in food self-sufficiency for a local government can be seen as a measurement of the chisan-chiso food self-sufficiency. The number of schools that use local farm products in school lunches has increased, with justification including such factors as safety, freshness and quality, and advantages in the single cooking methods of school lunches. Still, high costs have hampered the adoption of chisan-chiso by many schools. To further develop chisan-chiso in school lunches, it is necessary to train coordinators who connect producers and school lunch staffs. The limitations of chisan-chiso include such factors as difficulty in regulation of demand, difficulty in assortment, difficulty in providing year-round products, and price instability. The paper concludes that in order to protect local food and agriculture, conversion to a localized system is necessary.
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