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, 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
• Satoshi ARAI, Kae SEKINE. Revision of Basic Act on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas: Towards Sustainable and Just Agriculture and Food. Agricultural Marketing Journal of Japan. 2023. 32. 3. 1-4

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• 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
• Kae SEKINE. Sustainable and Circular Agriculture for Revitalizing Local Community. Residents and Autonomy. 2024. 735. 5-10
• Kae SEKINE. Enactment of Revised Basic Law on Food, Agriculture, and Rural Areas: Remained Issues on Status of Family Farming. Japan Agricultural Mutual Aid Newspaper. 2024. 3508. 1-1
• Kae SEKINE. Food Security Deepened from the Horizontal Perspective. Good Earth. 2024. 78. 6. 52-53

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• Basic Guide on SDGs 2025
  SDGs Civil Society Network 2024 ISBN:9784991023613
• Agroecological Transformation and Municipalities: The Potential for Sustainable Agriculture and Food in Harmony with Ecosystems
  Japan Institute of Autonomy Affairs 2024 ISBN:9784880377742
• 2024 White Paper of Children
  Kamogawa Co. 2024 ISBN:9784780313291
• Agricultural Basic Law from 2.0 to 3.0: Towards Multidimensionality of Food, Agriculture, and Rural Areas
  Tokyo: Tsukuba Shobo 2023 ISBN:9784811906546
• Research on Agricultural Law Volume 58: Reconstructing our Food and Agriculture System towards Sustainability
  Japan Academic Society of Agricultural Law 2023 ISBN:9784540231315

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• 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)
• Transforming Industrial Livestock Systems toward Agroecological Systems: A Case of Organic Beef in Japan
  (7th ARSA International Conference Session on Organic Agriculture and Its Promotion 2024)
• Political Shifts Toward Family Farming and Agroecology in Japan?: The Impact of United Nations Campaigns
  (2024 Korea-Japan Joint Symposium "Rural-Spatial Restructuring and Sustainable Agriculture" 2024)
• Missions of Agricultural Economics Reflecting International Contexts: Transition to a Sustainable Society
  (Special Symposium 1 at the 100th Anniversary Conference of Agricultural Economics Society of Japan 2024)
• Scaling up Agroecology from Policies to Practices: Emerging Policies and Contradictions in the Global North
  (2023 ARAFE International Symposium 2023)

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• 2005 - 2011 Kyoto University Graduate School, Division of Economics Doctoral Course
• 2003 - 2005 Kyoto University Graduate School, Division of Economics Master Course
• 1999 - 2003 Kochi University Faculty of Agriculture Sub-Tropical Agriculture Course
• 1996 - 1999 Tosa High School

• Doctor(Economics) (Kyoto University)

• 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

• 2020/01 - 現在 Journal of Food System A Member of the Scientific Committee
• 2019/10 - 現在 Family Farming Platform Japan Executive Board
• 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 Director
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 The Journal Editorial Board
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”
2023/01 - 2024/12 Research Committee 40, International Sociological Association Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food
2020/10 - 2024/09 The Association for Regional Agricultural and Forestry Economics Director 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 A Member of the Scientific Committee
2019/07 - 2021/06 Tokai Regional Office of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries A Member of the Committee of National Subvention
2017/06 - 2020/08 Small and Family Farming Network Japan Executive Board
2016/10 - 2018/10 The Association for Regional Agricultural and Forestry Economics The Journal Editorial Board Member
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
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
2015/04 - 2017/03 The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan The Journal Editorial Board Member
2014/07 - 2016/07 The Agricultural Marketing Society of Japan The Journal Editorial Board
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

• 2023/11 - Consumer Co-operative Institute of Japan Research Grant of Consumer Co-operative Institute of Japan Possibilities of Consumer Co-operatives to Practice Social Farming
• 2022/12 - The Japan Society of Organic Agriculture Science Incentive Award for Early Career Scholar Superiority of Small-Scale Family Farming: Establishing New Criteria on Farming Systems and Turning Agricultural Policies
• 2022/06 - School Library Association (SLA) 24th School Library Publishing Award Family Farming Changes the World, all three volumes
• 2017/07 - Rural Sociological Society The Frederick Buttel Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award 2016 (Nomination) The contradictions of neoliberal agri-food : corporations, resistance, and disasters in Japan

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 ,  小農学会 ,  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