食料安定供給確保で検討開始　５月に提言―自民党が新組織

　自民党の「食料安全保障に関する検討委員会」（委員長・森山裕総務会長代行）は２４日、初会合を開いた。食料の安定供給確保を国家安全保障の柱の一つと位置付け、食料の自給率低下や人材育成などの諸課題を議論。５月に提言を取りまとめ、経済財政運営の基本方針「骨太の方針」への反映を目指す。
　新型コロナウイルス禍やロシアのウクライナ侵攻などの地政学リスクの高まりを背景に、原油や穀物の市場価格が上昇。日本は食料自給率が４割未満と輸入に依存しており、将来的な食料の安定供給確保への懸念が浮上している。（2022/02/24-20:35）

A new study team of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party started debates Thursday on ways to secure stable supply of food.
   At the first meeting of the study group on food security, participants discussed a variety of issues, such as the country's low food self-sufficiency rate and the need to boost human resources development, viewing stable food supply as a pillar of national security.
   The group, chaired by Hiroshi Moriyama, executive acting chairman of the LDP General Council, aims to publish recommendations in May so that they will be reflected in the government's annual basic policy for economic and fiscal management.
   Crude oil and grain prices are rising amid the novel coronavirus crisis and heightening geopolitical tensions, exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
   For food, Japan is heavily dependent on imports. Its food self-sufficiency rate stands below 40 pct.