食料不足時に首相直轄本部　２段階で供給確保―農水省検討

　農林水産省は８日、有事の食料安全保障に関する有識者検討会で、食料の供給が不足する恐れが生じた場合に首相をトップとする政府対策本部を設置する案を示した。同本部は、食料不足の深刻度に応じて２段階で緊急事態を宣言し、民間事業者に対する生産指示など供給確保策を講じる。
　農水省案では、まず世界の主要産地で干ばつや冷害といった供給不足のリスクが高まった際に、首相直轄の政府対策本部を設置する。コメや小麦といった重要品目の供給が２割以上減少するなどの目安に到達すれば、第１段階の供給対策を宣言。民間事業者に対して輸入・生産や出荷調整を指示する。
　さらに、１人当たりの供給熱量が１日１９００キロカロリーを下回る場合を「極めて深刻な段階」と定義。第２段階として農家にカロリーの高い作物への生産転換を指示したり、食料の配給を実施したりする。（2023/11/08-20:22）

Japan should have a system allowing the government to establish special headquarters led by the prime minister when a food supply shortage is forecast to happen, the agriculture ministry has proposed.
   The headquarters would declare a state of emergency in two stages according to the severity of the expected food shortage and take measures to secure supplies, such as giving production instructions to private businesses, the ministry told a meeting of an experts panel on food security Wednesday.
   According to the proposal, the government would set up special headquarters under the direct control of the prime minister when there is a high risk of a supply shortage due to droughts or cold weather in major production areas in the world.
   If supplies of important items such as rice and wheat fall by 20 pct or more, the government would declare the first stage of emergency, directing business operators to secure supplies through imports, production and shipment adjustments.
   The situation in which calorie-based supplies per capita stand below 1,900 kilocalories per day would be considered an "extremely serious stage."