Declining food self-sufficiency rate in Japan.
There is a person called Yamagishi Taiga. He talks about the problem of Japanese food self-sufficiency decline. His opinion is this, we can’t live without the import of food from other countries. We should solve this problem before Japan falls into a serious food shortage.
Certainly Japan currently imports food from various countries. At the same time, it shows that Japan's food self-sufficiency rate (in other words, the proportion of domestic production accounts for domestic consumption) is less than 100%. Also Japan's food self-sufficiency rate is lower than in other countries. I don’t think this is a serious problem. Japanese have few foods to eat without food imports from other countries, but we can live satisfactorily under such current circumstances. In other words, food self-sufficiency rate is not directly a problem in our life now. Japan will export not only imports. We export food produced in Japan to other countries. This is evidence that the food self-sufficiency rate is not 100 percent.
In Japan, the yield of rice is high, and in the United States the yield of wheat and corn is high. For agricultural crops, land conditions and environmental conditions that are easy to grow are necessary, and food should be brought up in countries that have suitable land. Producing large quantities of food under conditions suitable for production will reduce the cost. In short, food exports and imports are indispensable internationally.
Exports and imports of food between countries can improve relations with each other. Giving and receiving food is so-called lifeline delivery, so it is necessary to export and import foodstuffs to improve mutual trust. Exports and imports are necessary to maintain this relationship, so it is not always good that the food self-sufficiency rate is high.
Various remedial measures are being implemented to solve this problem presently in Japan. For example, a method of substituting various foods using rice with high cultivation efficiency and high crop yield is performed. What we can use ourselves is an attempt to use it. Improvement measures for improving food self-sufficiency are good for us, but we will feel confused about this improvement plan. I think it is necessary to maintain the current situation in Japan.
Certainly Japan currently imports food from various countries. At the same time, it shows that Japan's food self-sufficiency rate (in other words, the proportion of domestic production accounts for domestic consumption) is less than 100%. Also Japan's food self-sufficiency rate is lower than in other countries. I don’t think this is a serious problem. Japanese have few foods to eat without food imports from other countries, but we can live satisfactorily under such current circumstances. In other words, food self-sufficiency rate is not directly a problem in our life now. Japan will export not only imports. We export food produced in Japan to other countries. This is evidence that the food self-sufficiency rate is not 100 percent.
In Japan, the yield of rice is high, and in the United States the yield of wheat and corn is high. For agricultural crops, land conditions and environmental conditions that are easy to grow are necessary, and food should be brought up in countries that have suitable land. Producing large quantities of food under conditions suitable for production will reduce the cost. In short, food exports and imports are indispensable internationally.
Exports and imports of food between countries can improve relations with each other. Giving and receiving food is so-called lifeline delivery, so it is necessary to export and import foodstuffs to improve mutual trust. Exports and imports are necessary to maintain this relationship, so it is not always good that the food self-sufficiency rate is high.
Various remedial measures are being implemented to solve this problem presently in Japan. For example, a method of substituting various foods using rice with high cultivation efficiency and high crop yield is performed. What we can use ourselves is an attempt to use it. Improvement measures for improving food self-sufficiency are good for us, but we will feel confused about this improvement plan. I think it is necessary to maintain the current situation in Japan.