食料安保強化へ工程表　岸田首相、年度内の策定指示

　政府は２日、「食料安定供給・農林水産業基盤強化本部」の会合を首相官邸で開き、食料安全保障の確保に向けて農政の転換を進める「食料・農業・農村政策の新たな展開方向」を決定した。本部長を務める岸田文雄首相は、具体的な施策の工程表を今年度内に策定するよう、野村哲郎農林水産相に指示した。
　首相は会合で「食料安全保障の状況を平時から評価するとともに、不測（の）時には食料の確保に向けた対策を政府一体で実行する体制を構築する」と強調。輸入依存度の高い小麦や大豆、飼料作物の国内生産拡大、生産コストの適正な価格転嫁、スマート農業の推進などに取り組む考えを示した。（2023/06/02-18:48）

The Japanese government on Friday adopted the concept of overhauling its agricultural policy to ensure Japan's food security, including a plan to reduce the country's dependence on food imports.
   The new direction for policies on food, agriculture and rural areas was adopted at the day's meeting of the government's task force on measures to secure stable food supply, headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
   Kishida ordered farm minister Tetsuro Nomura to create, by the end of fiscal 2023, a road map to implementing specific measures to ensure food security.
   "We'll evaluate the food security situations even in ordinary times and create a system for the government to take all-out steps to secure food during a contingency situation," Kishida told the meeting.
   He suggested that the government will work to increase the domestic production of wheat, soybeans and feed grains, or items for which Japan currently relies heavily on imports. The government also aims to make farmers pass on production costs adequately to prices and promote agricultural technologies, Kishida said.