Creation of innovative food production technologies responding to future changes in climate and social demands
Population explosion and improved living standards in developing countries are predicted to increase food demands significantly by 2050, up to 1.55x the demand in 2000. Supply has also diminished due to increased use of crops for applications other than food (e.g. biofuel). As economic affluence raises the consumption of animal proteins such as meats and seafoods, demand is predicted to increase even more (1.8 times by 2050) than demand for agricultural produce. However production efficiency is quite low in current production systems such as farming, livestock, and aquaculture. For example, 10 kg or more feed is required for 1 kg of beef.
In response to such conditions, this Prioritized Theme aims to realize affluence through food, the creation of a new food industry, and the eradication of hunger from the world. R&D of innovative technologies for animal protein production will revolutionize the sustainability of our food production systems.
R&D Management Committee Members
| KINO-OKA Masahiro | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University |
| TAKEYAMA Haruko | Professor, Department of Life Science and Medical Biosciences, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University |
| TABATA Yasuhiko | Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Medicine , Kyoto University |
| NAKAJIMA Kazuhide | Fomer Managing Director, TOKYO MEAT MARKET Co.,Ltd. |
| HIGANO Junya | Executive Technical Adviser, Marino-Forum 21 |
R&D Projects
Full-scale R&D Project
Development of Next Generation Sustainable Aquaculture System (Nakayama PJ)Development of the production technology for next generation-meat using 3D tissue engineering techniques (Takeuchi PJ)
Feasibility Study
| <Adopted in FY2018> R&D Project Title | Summary | R&D Period |
|---|---|---|
| Development of innovative food production technology by muscle organoid AKAZAWA Chihiro（Professor, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine） |
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2018.11 -2021.03 |
| Development of resources-recycling aquaculture feeds inspired from features of the ecosystem OGAWA Jun（Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University） |
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2018.11 -2021.05 |
| Innovative cultured meat production system using algae and animal cells SHIMIZU Tatsuya（Director & Professor Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University） |
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2018.11 -2020.03 |
| Development of the production technology for next generation-meat using 3D tissue engineering techniques TAKEUCHI Shoji（Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo） |
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2018.11 -2020.03 |
| Development of the next generation land-based closed recirculating aquaculture system utilizing microbial abilities HORI Katsutoshi（Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University） |
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2018.11 -2021.03 |
| Development of Automatic Production Technology for The Best Safety Cultured Meat in the World by Tissue Engineering Approach MATSUSAKI Michiya（Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University） |
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2018.11 -2020.03 |
| Next-generation fish breeding by combination of developmental biotechnology and genomic selection YOSHIZAKI Goro（Professor, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology） |
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2018.11 -2021.05 |
| <Adopted in FY2019> R&D Project Title | Summary | R&D Period |
| Acceleration of Fish Breeding with Genome Editing and Transplantation Technology KINOSHITA Masato（Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University） |
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2019.11 -2022.03 |
| Development of new generation aquafeeds for the future animal protein demand SATOH Shuichi（Professor, Faculty of Marine Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University） |
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2019.11 -2022.03 |