FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER 2016 O2 JAPAN'S TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (7TH)

14:00-14:50 Keynote speech (50 minutes)

"Using biological control to improve efficiency in equipment-controlled agriculture - a case study of growing high-value tomatoes"

Agriculture is at a crossroads as an industry due to internationalisation, ageing and low income. Although the national policy is to promote agriculture as a 6th industry, it has been slow to adopt the high cost of the equipment industry.

SPECIAL SENSORS THAT ENABLE LOW-COST, HIGH-YIELDING, HIGH-PERFORMANCE CROPS TO BE GROWN WITHOUT EXPERIENCE, AND BIOMETRIC AI BASED ON CAR CONTROL TECHNOLOGY TO HELP MAKE FARMING STRONGER AND BIGGER - THE ESSENCE OF THE STRATEGY.