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Country： Japan

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4 2022 - 3 2026

Grant number：22H00390

Grant amount：\41990000 （ Direct Cost: \32300000 、 Indirect Cost：\9690000 ）

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4 2016 - 3 2019

Grant number：16H04992

Grant amount：\9880000 （ Direct Cost: \7600000 、 Indirect Cost：\2280000 ）

This research project is divided into two parts; (1) extraction of problems in the formation of governance concerning the use of genome editing, (2) design and practice of participatory method considering regional and industrial characteristics. The results are as follows. In the 1st part, interviews were conducted with stakeholders involved in the use of genome editing, and web questionnaire surveys were conducted for general consumers and researchers. There are high expectations and concerns about the agricultural use of genome editing, and regulation and labeling are considered desirable. In the 2nd part, group discussions on genome edited crops were conducted for consumers living in Hokkaido.The findings show that there is no significant difference between genome editing and genetic modification in terms of manipulating DNA, and it is recognized as having large risks and large benefits simultaneously. Many participants expressed their voices to require labeling on gene-edited food.

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4 2012 - 3 2015

Grant number：24380118

Grant amount：\10400000 （ Direct Cost: \8000000 、 Indirect Cost：\2400000 ）

Food industry sometimes claim “zero” to make appeals to consumers that their products are free of something undesirable, such as GMOs and radioactive materials. These claims cause problems upstream and downstream. The purpose of the project is to elucidate various issues and impacts related to zero-tolerance discourses employed by food industry, and search for possible common ground to be reached to avoid undesirable impact of such discourses.
We found that zero-tolerance discourses are not scientifically justified, but policy-makers sometimes employ a similar strategy to earn public trust. Based on statistical analysis of survey, we found major characteristics of consumers who are inclined to stick to “zero”. Female with abundant cultural capital tend to have this orientation. We also organized participatory session to find common ground for zero discourse. Role play discussions were employed with three kinds of stakeholder and various implications were drawn.

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2009 - 2011

Grant number：21380134

Grant amount：\16770000 （ Direct Cost: \12900000 、 Indirect Cost：\3870000 ）

The resaearch hypothesizes that agriculturte and nature are not in antagonism each other but can be cooperative and in harmony ; that is, a concrete figure of developed organic agriculture is seeked in organic agriculture at the mature stage.

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