Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/108922 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Citation: 
[Journal:] Agricultural and Food Economics [ISSN:] 2193-7532 [Volume:] 2 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2014 [Pages:] 1-19
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
Food education has attracted growing concern focusing on appropriate dietary habits amid the deterioration of many aspects of health in this industrial society. For this purpose, a self-motivating type of food policy framework is expected to increase in significance. Under such a self-motivating policy framework that aims at inducing people to increase their food-conscious behaviour from the aspects of a healthy diet, food safety, reduction of food waste, and the local community, this paper investigated the awareness of food education by a survey of 3,000 inhabitants in a suburb of Tokyo and explored the factors determining the willingness to participate as a food education volunteer. We found the existence of a generation gap in terms of interest in and knowledge regarding food education, which suggests that there is room for working together to exert a complementary role between generations.
Subjects: 
Food education
Volunteer education
Community awareness
Dietary behaviour
Educational externality
Environmental awareness
Health awareness
JEL: 
D62
D64
I18
Q18
Q58
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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