The chisan-chisho movement: Japanese local food movement and its challenges |
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Authors: | Aya Hirata Kimura Mima Nishiyama |
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Institution: | (1) Women’s Studies Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Saunders Hall Room 722, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA;(2) Department of Food and Resource Economics, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan |
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Abstract: | 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.
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Keywords: | Agrofood Chisan-chisho movement Consumer movement Food system Japan Local food |
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