Editorial

16:05 JST, July 12, 2024

As the shortage of agricultural workers becomes more serious, there is an urgent need to make labor-saving efforts and improve productivity through “smart farming” that utilizes advanced technology. It is hoped that the government will actively support and promote its spread.

Smart farming is intended to increase productivity through labor-saving efforts such as by using agricultural machinery equipped with advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, information technology and robotics.

The Diet recently passed a law to promote smart farming. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last month also announced a policy to designate the five-year period from fiscal 2025 “a period of intensive measures for agricultural structural transformation” and to create a new support system related to........

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