BRAIN

The Moonshot R&D Program for agriculture, forestry and fisheries
The global demand for food is estimated to increase 70% by 2050. Since excessive focus on production efficiency would hamper the cyclical function of the earth, it is essential to establish a food production system friendly to the global environment while increasing the food supply. Moonshot Goal 5 aims at addressing the issue with eight R&D projects, which are promoted by BRAIN.
Moonshot Goal 5 decided by Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI)
Creation of the industry that enables sustainable global food supply by exploiting unused biological resources by 2050
For Foreign Institutions: Research Agreements
Message from Program Director
Dr. YOSHIZAWA Fumiaki Executive Director and Vice-President, Utsunomiya University |
While with the formation of agrarian societies, humankind has acquired a stable method of sustainable food supply, with the dramatic expansion of human activities in recent years, the sustainable supply of food forces a serious situation where there is no longer any prospect for the immediate future. Overcoming this difficulty is not only a great responsibility we have for the future, but also an intellectual challenge with unparalleled problems. With a clear vision and the ability of design, we must think outside the box and solve the global-scale problems. To address these global-scale challenges, it is necessary to unite innovative ideas that are not bound by existing concepts with the ability to realize them, and to act decisively. I believe that our country, which possesses a technological system capable of achieving world-class quality and precise management even on a small scale, has a mission to lead the realization of a sustainable society and to guide the world.
News
April 1, 2026
▶Moonshot Goal 5 Program Director has changed. NEW!
Jul 17, 2025
▶Moonshot Goal 5 results for five years from their start in 2020 are summarized in movies.
Mar 15, 2023
▶Public Call for Project Managers of Moonshot R&D Goal 5: food loss reduction (due May 9, 2023, noon)
Jan 30, 2023
▶Moonshot R&D Programme was updated to participants of CBD meetings, with a focus on Goal 5 (sustainable food supply).
Movies
Moonshot Goal 5 results from 2020 for five years are summarized.
| Moonshot Goal 5 results from 2020 for five years (digest) | Moonshot Goal 5 results from 2020 for five years (whole) |
R&D Projects
There are eight projects under the Moonshot Goal 5, as follows:
Goal 5 Reference
Program Overview
Moonshot Research and Development Program is under the initiative of Cabinet Office (CAO). For further info, visit the following external sites:
- Moonshot R&D Program Outline (external link: CAO website)
- Moonshot R&D Program Goal 5 (external link: CAO website)
- Moonshot R&D Program Goal 5 Conception (external link: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) website)
Goals and Funding Agencies
| Moonshot Goals | Funding Agencies |
|---|---|
| Goal 1 : Realization of a society in which human beings can be free from limitations of body, brain, space, and time by 2050. | Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) (external link) |
| Goal 2 : Realization of ultra-early disease prediction and intervention by 2050. | JST (external link) |
| Goal 3 : Realization of AI robots that autonomously learn, adapt to their environment, evolve in intelligence and act alongside human beings, by 2050. | JST (external link) |
| Goal 4 : Realization of sustainable resource circulation to recover the global environment by 2050. | New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) (external link) |
| Goal 5 : Creation of the industry that enables sustainable global food supply by exploiting unused biological resources by 2050. | Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution (BRAIN) |
| Goal 6 : Realization of a fault-tolerant universal quantum computer that will revolutionize economy, industry, and security by 2050. | JST (external link) |
| Goal 7 : Realization of sustainable care systems to overcome major diseases by 2040, for enjoying one's life with relief and release from health concerns until 100 years old. | Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) (external link) |
| Goal 8 : Realization of a society safe from the threat of extreme winds and rains by controlling and modifying the weather by 2050. | JST (external link) |
| Goal 9 : Realization of a mentally healthy and dynamic society by increasing peace of mind and vitality by 2050. | JST (external link) |
| Goal 10 : Realization of a dynamic society in harmony with the global environment and free from resource constraints, through diverse applications of fusion energy, by 2050. | JST (external link) |








