The <Emphasis Type="BoldItalic">chisan-chisho movement: Japanese local food movement and its challenges
This paper examines the increasingly popular chisan-chisho movement that has promoted the localization of food consumption in Japan since the late-1990s. Chisan-chisho emerged in the context of a perceived crisis in the Japanese food system, particularly the long-term decline of agriculture and rural community and more recent episodes of food scandals. Although initially started as a grassroots movement, many chisan-chisho initiatives are now organized by governments and farmers’ cooperatives. Acknowledging that the chisan-chisho movement has added some important resources and a conceptual framework, we nonetheless point out that chisan-chisho has been refashioned as a producer movement by government as well as the Japan Agricultural Cooperative, capitalizing on local food’s marketing appeal. Chisan-chisho to date has not been able to become a full-fledged citizen-based political mobilization nor address the issue of marginality in the food system. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
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2008
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Authors: | Kimura, Aya ; Nishiyama, Mima |
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Agriculture and Human Values. - Springer, ISSN 0889-048X. - Vol. 25.2008, 1, p. 49-64
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Springer |
Subject: | Agrofood | Chisan-chisho movement | Consumer movement | Food system | Japan | Local food |
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