Annual Report on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas in Japan (White paper)

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries releases a white paper every year. In this paper, there are some topics and this year has two.

https://www.maff.go.jp/j/wpaper/w_maff/r1/attach/pdf/index-1.pdf

Topic 1 is New Basic Plan for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas. Topic 2 is Growing Empowerment of Women Farmers.

Today I focus on topic 1, Food self-sufficiency ratio targets in New Basic Plan for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas.

• 

The basic plan is built up every five year. I checked the 2015 and 2020 version.

Food self-sufficiency ratio targets in the basic plan in 2020

• [Calorie supply basis] 37% (2018 result) → 45%(2030 target)
• [Production value basis] 66% (2018 result) → 75%(2030 target)

Food self-sufficiency ratio targets in the basic plan in 2015

• [Calorie supply basis] 39% (2013 result) → 45%(2027 target)
• [Production value basis] 65% (2013 result) → 73%(2027 target)

It means

• [Calorie supply basis] 39% (2013 result) → 37% (2018 result)
• [Production value basis] 65% (2013 result) → 66% (2018 result)
  

Are targets too high considering the results?
I will show the ministry’s strategy next time.