Sekine Kae

• 2024 - 2028 Empirical Research on Agroecological Practices and Promotion Policies based on Small-Scale Family Farming in Japan, Europe, and the United States
• 2024 - 2026 Comparison of Sustainability and Climate Change Adaptation/Mitigation Potential of Conventional and Regenerative Agriculture in Asia
• 2023 - 2025 Potential of Consumer Co-operatives to Practice Social Farming
• 2023 - 2025 International Comparative Research on Agroecological Practices and Policy Developments in the Decarbonizing Society
• 2018 - 2024 An International Comparative Analysis on Agri-food Labeling Systems: GI, GIAHS, and World Intangible Cultural Heritage
2021 - 2023 Future Lifestyle and Reduce Food Waste
2019 - 2023 Conditions of Food Selection, Decision Making on Diet, Risk Communication on Health
2020 - 2022 Economy, Labor, and Livelihood in Chukyo Region Before the Second World War: A Case of Nagoya
2017 - 2019 The Potential of Geographical Indications as an Instrument for Regional Agricultural Development in Asia: A Comparison between Japan and Cambodia
2015 - 2018 Development of Risk Communication Model for Food Safety and Requirements for Professions
2015 - 2016 Empirical Study on Production Structure and Price Formation of Chemical-Free Bananas for Japanese Market: A Case Study of Philippines Bananas
2014 - 2015 Challenges in Production and Distribution of Bananas in the Philippines
2010 - 2015 Perceptions of Food Risks, Risk Communications, and Establishement of Agri-food Ethics and Professions
2010 - 2010 Empirical Study on Agri-Food Transnational Corporations' Businesses and Corporate Social Responsibility
2008 - 2010 Empirical Study on Agri-Food Transnational Corporations' Businesses and Corporate Social Responsibility
2009 - 2010 Empirical Study on Agri-Food Transnational Corporations' Businesses and Corporate Social Responsibility

• Kae SEKINE. Potential of Consumer Co-operatives to Practice Social Farming. Research Papers of the 21st Research Grant of Consumer Co-operative Institute of Japan. 2025. 21. 31-45
• Kae SEKINE, Yuko NAKANO. Missions of Agricultural Economics Reflecting International Contexts: Transition to a Sustainable Society. Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics. 2024. 96. 2. 117-119
• Kae SEKINE. Political Shifts toward Family Farming and Agroecology in Japan? The Impact of United Nations Campaigns. Cahiers Agricultures. 2024. 33. 19. 1-10
• Kae Sekine, Tadayoshi Masuda, Nina Takashino. Scaling up Agroecology from Policies to Practices: Emerging Policies and Contradictions in the Global North. Journal of Rural Problems. 2024. 60. 1. 35-40
• Kae SEKINE. The Potential and Challenges of Geographical Indications in Building Regional Economic Circulation: A Case of Hatcho Miso in Aichi Prefecture. The Aichi Gakuin Economic Review. 2024. 11. 2. 23-38

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• Kae SEKINE. Paving Roads towards the Peace Based on “Foods as Rights”. Monthly Residents and Autonomy. 2025. 744. 4-4
• Kae SEKINE. Public Procurement of "Good Foods": What We Can Do for the Wholistic Approaches to Food Systems. CHIHEI: Independence, Serving the People's Right to Know. 2025. 8. 118-124
• Kae SEKINE. My Book: Kae SEKINE and Kohei SEKI (Eds.) Agroecological Transformation and Municipalities, Japan Institute of Autonomy Affairs, 2024. Japan Agricultural Mutual Aid Newspaper. 2024. 3531. 4-4
• Kae SEKINE. Current Situation and Challenges toward Establishing an Environmentally Friendly Food Systems: Based on the 2023 Agriculture White Paper. Monthly Review of National Agricultural Insurance Association. 2024. 76. 10. 4-14
• Kae SEKINE. Food as Human Rights: Improving Food Self-Sufficiency Ration is the Pathway toward Peace. Monthly Food News. 2024. 642. 10-13

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• Politiques agricoles: Théories, histoires, réformes, expériences
  Classiques Garnier 2025
• Organic Farming Technology Encyclopedia for Everyone
  Nobunkyo 2025 ISBN:9784540241079
• Latest Agricultural Technology: Soil Fertilization Vol.17
  Nobunkyo 2025 ISBN:9784540240607
• Regional Economics for Human Reconstruction: History, Theory, and Policy of Regions and Lives
  Japan Institute of Autonomy Affairs 2024 ISBN:9784880377780
• Basic Guide on SDGs 2025
  SDGs Civil Society Network 2024 ISBN:9784991023613

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• Potential of Consumer Co-operatives to Practice Social Farming
  (2024 Conference of the 21st Research Grant of Consumer Co-operative Institute of Japan 2025)
• Struggles in the Transition of Agri-food Policies in Japan: Neoliberalism, Green, or Wartime Approaches?
  (International Conference of Researchers and Farmers: Rethinking the Regulation of Agricultural Markets for Agroecological Transition in Europe 2025)
• Seeking Sustainable Performance of GI Beef in Japan: Innovations Suggested by Alternative Beef Production Systems
  (Technical Session 2 on GI Sustainability Performance, Second International Conference on Worldwide Perspectives on Geographical Indications: Innovations and Transitions for Sustainability 2025)
• Organic Agriculture under the Revised Basic Act on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas in Japan: Challenges and Perspectives Reflecting from International Trends
  (Plenary Session at the 25th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Organic Agriculture Science 2024)
• Agroecological Transition of Livestock Farming Supported by Alternative Food Networks: Japan's Perspective
  (Session 6 on Agroecological Transitions Towards Sustainable Food Systems, 1st International Congress of International Society for Gastronomic Sciences and Studies 2024)

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• 2022/04 - 現在 Aichi Gakuin University Faculty of Economics Department of Economics Professor
• 2016/04 - 2022/03 Aichi Gakuin University Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics Associate Professor
• 2018/04 - 2019/02 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Nutrition and Food System Division (ESN) Visiting Fellow
• 2014/04 - 2016/03 Aichi Gakuin University Faculty of Economics Department of Economics Lecturer
• 2011/04 - 2014/03 Rikkyo University College of Economics Department of Economic Policy Studies College of Economics Assistant Professor
2012/09 - 2013/06 The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) High-Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) Project Team Member
2008/04 - 2010/03 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow
2007/03 - 2010/02 The French National Insitute for Agricultural Research Joint Research Unit INNOVATION Trainee

• 2023/01 - 現在 Research Committee 40, International Sociological Association Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food
• 2020/01 - 現在 Journal of Food System Member of the Scientific Committee
• 2019/10 - 現在 Family Farming Platform Japan Executive Board Member
• 2024/10 - 2026/09 The Association for Regional Agricultural and Forestry Economics Board Member
• 2024/07 - 2026/06 The Agricultural Marketing Society of Japan Board Member (Editor of Agricultural Marketing Journal of Japan)
2024/04 - 2026/03 National Institute of Autonomy Affairs Board Member
2024/01 - 2025/12 The Japan Society of Organic Agriculture Science Board Member
2024/08 - 2025/07 International Sociological Association (ISA) Selection Committee of the 1st Edition of the ISA Sociological Film Festival, Rabat, Morocco
2021/07 - 2025/06 The Rural Economics Society in Chubu District Editorial Board Member of the Journal
2024/07 - 2025/02 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry (MASAF) Scientific Committee Member of the International Conference on “Geographical Indications: Innovations and Traditions for Sustainability”
2020/10 - 2024/09 The Association for Regional Agricultural and Forestry Economics Executive Board Member for Internationalization
2022/07 - 2024/06 The Agricultural Marketing Society of Japan Board Member (Scientific Committee Member)
2023/05 - 2024/03 The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan Member of the Subcommittee for the 100th Anniversary Convention Planning
2023/04 - 2024/03 National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology - Japan Expert Investigator of Science and Technology Expert Network
2022/12 - 2024/03 Japanese Standards Association Group Member of the Task Force of Japan National Committee on International Standardization of Food Loss and Waste
2022/08 - 2024/03 International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 34, Subcommittee 20 on Standardization of Food Loss and Waste: Working Group 1: Head of Japanese Delegation
2021/12 - 2024/03 International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 34, Subcommittee 20 on Standardization of Food Loss and Waste: Representative of Japan
2021/10 - 2024/03 Japanese Standards Association Group Member of Japan National Committee on International Standardization of Food Loss and Waste
2022/01 - 2023/12 The Japanese Society of Organic Agriculture Science Board Member (Committee for Reasearch Design)
2022/04 - 2022/10 Nagoya City Member of the Committee for the Project for Reform and Management of Nagoya City Agricultural Center
2020/01 - 2021/12 The Japanese Society of Organic Agriculture Science Member of the Scientific Committee
2019/07 - 2021/06 Tokai Regional Office of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Member of the Committee of National Subvention
2017/06 - 2020/08 Small and Family Farming Network Japan Executive Board Member
2016/10 - 2018/10 The Association for Regional Agricultural and Forestry Economics Editorial Board Member of the Journal
2016/07 - 2018/07 The Agricultural Marketing Society of Japan Executive Board Member (Journal Editorial Board Member)
2016/06 - 2018/06 Research Institute of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives Executive Board Member
2016/04 - 2018/03 Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Tokai Regional Office Member of the Committee of Rural Community
2017/05 - 2018/02 Nagoya City Member of the Committee of Wholesale Trade
2015/11 - 2017/11 Research Institute of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives, Tokai Regional Office Executive Board Member
2015/04 - 2017/03 The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan Editorial Board Member of the Journal
2014/07 - 2016/07 The Agricultural Marketing Society of Japan Editorial Board Member of the Journal
2013 - 2014 Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries The Committee for Identifying and Promoting Intellectual Properties
2012 - 2013 High Level Panel of the World Food Security Committee Project Team Member

The International Society of Gastronomic Sciences and Studies (ISGSS) ,  European Association for Agroecology ,  The Rural Economics Society in Chubu District, Japan ,  The Japanese Society of Organic Agriculture Science ,  The Japanese Society for Co-operative Studies ,  Japanese Society of Peasant ,  The Association for Regional Agricultural and Forestry Economics ,  Rural Issues Association of Japan ,  The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan ,  International Sociological Association ,  Political Economy and Economic History Society ,  The Agricultural Marketing Society of Japan ,  The Japanese Association for Rural Studies ,  Asian Rural Sociology Association ,  International Rural Sociology Association