KENJI HOSONO
Last Updated :2023/06/01
- Affiliations, Positions
- Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Professor
- E-mail
- kjhosono
hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Basic Information
Major Professional Backgrounds
- 1996/04/01, 2001/03/31, Kyushu Kyoritsu University, Lecturer
- 2001/04/01, 2007/03/31, Kyushu Kyoritsu University, Associate Professor
- 2009/02/01, 2019/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Associate Professor
- 1994/04/01, 1996/03/31, Kyushu Kyoritsu University, Faculty of Economics, Research Asistant
- 2007/04/01, 2009/01/31, Kyushu Kyoritsu University, Associate Professor
- 2019/04/01, 2020/05/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Associate Professor
Educational Backgrounds
- Osaka Prefecture University, Graduate School, Division of Agriculture, Department of Horticultura, Japan, 1990/04, 1992/03
- Osaka Prefecture University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Japan, 1986/04, 1990/03
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D. in Agriculture, Osaka Prefecture University
- Master of Agriculture, Osaka Prefecture University
- Bachelor of Agriculture, Osaka Prefecture University
Educational Activity
- [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Applied Biological Science : Department of Applied Biological Science : Food Science Program
- [Master's Program] Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life : Division of Integrated Sciences for Life : Program of Food and AgriLife Science
- [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life : Division of Integrated Sciences for Life : Program of Food and AgriLife Science
In Charge of Primary Major Programs
- Integrated Ecoscience
- Food Science Program
Research Fields
- Agricultural sciences;Agricultural science in society and economy;Agricultural science in management and economy
- Agricultural sciences;Agricultural science in society and economy;Agricultural science in rural society and development
Research Keywords
- Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas of Japan
- marketing
- people engaged in agriculture
- agrociltural cooperative
- vegetables and fruit
- mandarin
- wholesale market
- Locally Producing and Locally Consuming
- Thailand
- tropical fruit
Affiliated Academic Societies
- The Farm Management Society of Japan, 2022/08
- The Agricultural Marketing Society of Japan, 1994/04
- The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, 1995/04
- The Association for Regional and Forestry Economics, 2003/.8
- Nippon Academy of Management, 2006/04
Educational Activity
Course in Charge
- 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Introduction to Hiroshima Peace Initiative Leader Program
- 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Food safety and health science
- 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Intensive, Regional development seminar from the viewpoint of the SDGs
- 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
- 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
- 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
- 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
- 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
- 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
- 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
- 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
- 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Agricultural Production Resources
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Research Front of Food and AgriLife Science
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Food Production Management
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis I
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Graduation Thesis II
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis III
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Reading of Foreign Literature in Food Science
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Food Production Management
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Food Information Management
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Food Production Process Management
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Cooperative internship in mountainous and island areas
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Special lecture for collaboration with mountainous and island areas
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Fieldwork in mountainous and island areas
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Graduate Thesis I
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduate Thesis II
- 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, societal implementation of life science
- 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Exercises in Food andAgriLife Science A
- 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Exercises in Food andAgriLife Science A
- 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Exercises in Food andAgriLife Science B
- 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Exercises in Food andAgriLife Science B
- 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Food Resource Economics I
- 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Food Resource Economics II
- 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Integrated Life Sciences
Research Activities
Academic Papers
- Possibility of Coopetation between Enterpreneurial Farm Business and JA's Farm Instructing, Monthly Magazine of JA, 808, 26-28, 20220701
- Cooperative Farm Management and Sixth Order Industrialization of "Sera Kosui Noen", Fruit Japan, 77, 35-49, 20220601
- New System for Protecting Agriculture in Mountainous Areas: A Case of "Agei-Acist Tomo", a platform of Worker's Coop in Hiroshima City, Agriculture and Economics, 88(2), 20220601
- List Price and Negotiated Transcriptions in Local Wholesale Markets in Kores: Focusing on the Case of Cheon-An Wholesale Market, Agrivcuktural Marketing Journal of Japan, 31(1), 16-29, 20220630
- Performance and Management Strategy of Enterpreneurial Farm Businesses in the Agriculturally Disadvantageous Areas: A Case Study of Two Enterprises in Hiroshima Prefecture, Agricultural Marketing Journal of Japan, 30(4), 15-23, 20220301
- Constructing Food Value Chain Toward Supplying Japanese Lemons All Year by JA-Hiroshimayutaka, 67(11), 34-37, 20211101
- Constructing Food Value Chain by Marketing Organization in Traditional Citrus Producing District: A Case of Lemon Producing District in the Western Region of Hiroshima Prefwcture, Agricultural Marketing Journal of Japan, 30(2), 52-59, 20210915
- Problems and Countermeasures of Beef Distribution and Marketing in Japan: Focusing on Domestic Beef, Japanese Journal of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 72(1), 13-27, 20210621
- Supporting Systems for Extending Good Agricultural Practice: Focusing on Fruit Production Area in East Thailand, Agricultural Marketing Journal of Japan, 28(4), 1-12, 20200331
- Effect of various products development made from local products on food loss reduction : Case study of Shimagocoro Corporation, 21, 81-88, 20200326
- Cooperative Shipping System Formulation for Ehime Citrus before the War: The Case of the Uwa Citrus Guild, Agricultural Marketing Journal of Japan, 28(2), 34-41, 20190915
- ★, Existing Conditions of Rural Community Business : Evaluation from the Viewpoint of the Demand Side of the Relationship between Regional Distribution Constructed by Magoyasai, a Distributor of Vegetables via Internet Sales, and Rural Society, Journal of Rural Economics, 91(1), 23-28, 20190625
- Social Significance of Smal-scale Farmer's Market in Rural Society, Agricultural Marketing Journal of Japan, 27(1), 37-45, 20180630
- ★, Constructing the Value Chain for Promotion of Lemon Production in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Agricultural Marketing Journal of Japan, 27(1), 46-53, 20180630
- Significances of Establishing Market of Non-High-Marbling Meat and Effects of Structuring its Value Chain: A case study of Meat Matured Artificially by the Company N, Meat Processor, Agricultural Marketing Journal og Japan, 26(2), 12-19, 20170927
- The Formation and Development of Chief Producing District about Traditonal and Reagional Vegetables and its Problems; A case of Hiroshima Cibol, Vegetable Information, 38-48, 20170324
- Corporate Conduct in New Demand Creation for Dry Aging Beef and its Performance, Journal of Rural Community Studies, 11-21, 20170320
- Encouraging Fish Consumption in Specified Food Service Facilities, 57(2), 59-76, 20170215
- Japanese rice contract farming in Wiang Pa Pao district, Chiang Rai province, Thailand: With focusing on cost and earning, Agricultural Marketing Journal of Japan, 25(1), 46-53, 20160630
- Effect of Introducing an Experience-based Educational Tour and Organizational Operation : The Case of Iejima Tourism Association in Okinawa Prefecture, 87(3), 279-284, 20151215
- Transformation of Japanese Agriculture Cooperative; Toward Trans Pacific Partnership, 14, 13-22, 20140331
- The Meanings and Effects of Workshops by Diverse Actors for Rural Activation; A Case of "Workshop for Agricultura-Related Activities" in Hiroshima Prefecture, Agricultural Marketing Journal of Japan, 22(1), 45-51, 20130601
- A Relation between Various Channels of Shipment and Farmer's Management Strategies in Suburban Vegetable Producing Area: A Case of SHIRAKI town, Hiroshima City, Agricultural Marketing Journal of Japan, 21(2), 37-43, 20120901
- The Relationships between Japanese Agricultural Impediments and Rural Strategy in Japanese Mountainous Country Regions: -A Case Study of SERA and AKIOTA Towns-, 11-18, 20120301
- A Position of "Locally producing and locally consuming" in the Business by Wholesalers: A Case of Fukuoka Prefecture, Agricultural and Fisheries Economics of Hiroshima Univ., 33-54, 20120301
- A study on the management strategies of green-tourism facilities in China -The SWOT analysis of guest farms districts in Beijing and Chengdu-, 20100301
- A Study of Agro-tourism in Thailand -A case of public facility in Chanthaburi and a case of private facility in Chonburi-, 115, 73-89, 20090120
- The Significance and Development of "Locally Producing and Locally Consuming" Measures by Wholesale Market -A Case of KURUME City Central Wholesale Market-, 27, 12-23, 20081210
- Changes of environment that surrounds tropical fruit and tendency of tropical fruit producing area in Thailand -A case of tropical fruit producing area in Chanthaburi province-, 107, 11-25, 20070131
- ★, Marketing by Small-scale Mandarin Shippers and Problems of Mandarin-producing Area, Agricultural Marketing Journal of Japan, 14(1), 83-86, 20050601
- ★, Problems of Mandarin-marketing in the Period of Distribution Restructuring by Retailers -A Case of WAKAYAMA Prefecture (ARIDA Area) -, Review of Agricultural Economics, 55(2), 37-49, 20050101
- ★, Maintenance condition of mandarin orange farmers in term of internationalization, Journal of Rural Problem, 119-124, 20040601
- Development and Problems of Researches about Mandarin Farming, 25, 25-35, 20031222
- Probrems of an Agricultural Policy of "UNSHU" Mandarin for Processing and Beverages Production, 24, 71-87, 20021120
- The Specific Charactor and Problems of Each Orange Shipping Form in ARIDA Area, WAKAYAMA Prefecture, 23, 39-54, 20010427
- Traits of Agricultural Production in Shanghai, China, 22, 23-43, 20000424
- Changing Retail Structure of Vegetable and Fruit in Horticulturak Producing Area, and the Interaction of Local Wholesale Markets, 21, 17-27, 19981225
- Changing Circumsttance of Vegatables and Fruit Circulation in SAGA Prefecture, 123-125, 19981130
- ★, Problems of Marketing by New Horticultural Producing Area: A case of Agricultural Cooperatives in SAGA Prefecture, Review of Agricultural Economics, 48(2), 1-11, 19971115
- A Present Condition fo Marketing by Agricultural Cooperatives in Fukuoka, 69, 49-59, 19970705
- Structure of Procurement of Fresh Foods by Retail Stores in South Osaka, Agricultural Marketing Journal of Japan, 5(2), 43-53, 19970331
- A Consideration about Possibility for Duration of Urban Agriculture -A case of Regional Intercahnges Between Citizens and Farmers by ASAICHI (Morning Fair) at East Neyagawa Area-, 20, 63-73, 19970327
- Current state and the view of measure of making to regional information in Chikuho region, 68, 223-237, 19970325
- A Consideration about Possibility for Retention of Urban Agriculture - A case of Neyagawa City, Osaka Pref.-, 34, 81-87, 19961130
- A Consideration to Policy for Market Designation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Review of Agricultural Economics, 47(1), 87-98, 19960615
- Role and the view of developing regional information technology in Chikuho regional promotion, 22, 137-141, 19960310
- A Fact of Core Area Producing Mikan (Japanese Orange) at a Stage of an Excess of Agricultural Productd-, 62, 43-68, 19950615
- The Amendment of the Urban Agricultural Land Act and Correspondences of Farmers in Cities -A case of Neyagawa City in Osaka Prefecture-, 21, 97-125, 19950305
- Competitive Advantage Factors in Vertically Diversified Brand Chicken Business: A Partial Value Chain Analysis of a Japanese Poultry Wholesaler, JARQ-JAPAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY, 54(4), 327-333, 2020
- Fishery food control for international markets: Firm level adoption of public and private standards in
Myanmar, International Journal of Advanced Research, 3(5), 46-53, 2016
- Production of Japanese rice through contract farming system in Wiang Pa Pao District, Chiang Rai Province Thailand, American Journal of Rural Development, 3(2), 41-51, 2015
Publications such as books
- 2009/12/01, Practice. Strategy of making regional brand of farm products, 2009, 12, Scholarly Book, Joint work, 日本語, 978-4-8119-0356-9, 142, 76-97,114-123
- 2009/08/18, The Formation and Development of Chief Producing District sbout Mikan Farming, 2009, 8, Scholarly Book, Single work, 日本語, HOSONO, K., 978-4-89732-174-5, 171
Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation
- A Study of the Promotion for Japan’s Lemon Producing with constructing its Value Chain; A Case of Hiroshima Lemon, HOSONO, Kenji, 2017/07/02, Without Invitation, Japanese, The Agricultural Marketing Society of Japan, Iwate University