The calorie-based food self-sufficiency ratio in Japan is 39%.
It is said that it is low.
The government assumes the numerical value that was calculated based on a calorie self-sufficiency ratio.
Even if this produces low-calorie vegetables or eggs in large quantities, it means that the food self-sufficiency ratio is not higher.
And the domestic animal that brought up with import feed is not included in this calculation.
However, on the weighted based food self-sufficiency ratio, it rises with 65%.
It means that the domestic production’s selling price is high.
I think that the problem is the other.
The big problem is to depend on the import feed to bring up a domestic animal.
If the import feed was stopped, the productivity will decrease remarkably.
For example,
The beef is 41% of self-sufficiency ratio, but it will be down to 11% with using the domestic feed.
Similarly,
- Pork: 54% → 7%
- Chicken: 66% → 8%
- Egg: 95% → 11%
- Milk, dairy products: 64% → 27%
I feel fear when I think about the case that stopped import feed.
We cannot eat as before.
I could understand a reason why japanese government is not finished in TPP(means Trans-Pacific Partnership).
if the government do not defend this problem, Japan falls into great confusion at the moment when import feed stopped.
The food price get higher, many Japanese will die.
I want the government to try TPP negotiations hard.
For the Japanese future!
