Evaluating willingness to become a food education volunteer among urban residents in Japan: toward a participatory food policy

Yasuo Ohe (), Shinichi Kurihara () and Shinpei Shimoura ()

Agricultural and Food Economics, 2014, vol. 2, issue 1, 1-19

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. Copyright Ohe et al. licensee Springer 2014

Keywords: D62; D64; I18; Q18; Q58; Food education; Volunteer education; Community awareness; Dietary behaviour; Educational externality; Environmental awareness; Health awareness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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