Japan

To be Brain of Agriculture

Soichiro Honda
ABSTRACT Farmnote challenge started form 6 years ago in Japan. At present, we have achieved significant growth by providing herd management systems and sensors for diary and beef farm in Japan. Introduce case examples of Farmnote that provide IoT solutions for dairy and beef farm. We will show how...
Country: Japan Topic: Smart agriculture
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Introduction of Smart Dairy Farming and an Enclosed Diary House with Low Profile Cross Ventilation System

Atsuo Ikeguchi
ABSTRACT Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been introduced into Japanese dairy farming positively in order to improve productivity and to solve the Japanese issues those are lack of workers, prevention of heat load, control of epidemic and so on. Dairy farming is the most...
Country: Japan Topic: Smart agriculture
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The Dragon Fruit Industry and Import Situation in Japan

Shinji Ohta
ABSTRACT Tropical fruits are getting more and more popular in Japan. Historically banana is the top imported product in Japan. Due to local production of tropical fruits such as mango, Japanese consumers have more chances to purchase tropical fruits. According to the government's statistics of...
Country: Japan Topic: Overview
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Japan’s 2019 Tax Reform and its Impact on the Food Industry

Yoshihisa Godo
ABSTRACT Japan’s general indirect tax, known as the Consumption Tax (CT), will undergo a comprehensive reform on October 1, 2019. The tax reform covers four major areas. First, the CT rate will increase from 8% to 10%. Second, the CT system will be converted from the long-lived single-rate...
Country: Japan Topic: Overview
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Realization of Society 5.0 by Utilizing Precision Agriculture into Smart Agriculture in NARO, Japan

Yuji Nagasaki
ABSTRACT Society 5.0 is the concept of a future industrial structure and the ideal of social system launched by Japan. The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) challenges to realize Society 5.0 with Smart Food Value Chain of breeding, cultivation, harvest, storage, processing...
Country: Japan Topic: Smart agriculture
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