Global Food Systems
The purpose of this lecture is to make students understand how global food system works. As this lecture is intended to foreign students, we examine how wheat system works in European countries at the outset, then we proceed to examine how rice system works in Japan as striking examples of food system of primary products. After we examine how Japanese food system has evolved since the 19th Century, we discuss the challenges Japanese food system is now facing in the global economy. Based on the lectures above we examine food systems of the economy from which students are originated.
| theme | contents | etc. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guidance and Introduction | See distributed papers. | |
| 2 | Wheat Food System 1 | Wheat food system in Europe at the time of 18the Century 1 | |
| 3 | Wheat Food System 2 | Wheat food system in Europe at the time of 18the Century 2 | |
| 4 | Rice Food System 1 | Rice food system in Japan at the time of 18the Century 1 | |
| 5 | Rice Food System 2 | Rice food system in Japan at the time of 18the Century 2 | |
| 6 | Evolution of Japanese Food System 1 | Japanese Food System at the time of Meiji | |
| 7 | Evolution of Japanese Food System 2 | Japanese Food System until World War II | |
| 8 | Evolution of Japanese Food System 3 | Japanese Food System since World War II to today | |
| 9 | Challenges for the Japanese Food System 1 | Issues and problems Japanese Food System is facing 1 | |
| 10 | Challenges for the Japanese Food System 2 | Issues and problems Japanese Food System is facing 2 | |
| 11 | Case Study 1 | Reports by students and discussion | |
| 12 | Case Study 2 | Reports by students and discussion | |
| 13 | Case Study 3 | Reports by students and discussion | |
| 14 | Case Study 4 | Reports by students and discussion | |
| 15 | Case Study 5 and Conclusion | Reports by students and discussion |