Super Smart Society Innovation A3: Frontiers in Smart Agriculture

This is a series of lectures by lecturers from organizations of the SSS Promotion Consortium. Students will learn about the purpose, significance, and challenges of smart agriculture, as well as the latest practical examples, and think about solutions to problems in agriculture and desirable future visions for agriculture.
The lecture will be given in Japanese with English subtitles and slides.

  • Class 1: Why is Smart Agriculture Needed? Problems in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
         (lecturer: Akira Inaba, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)

  • Class 2: Be Smarter! Future of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
         (lecturer: Akira Inaba, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)

  • Class 3: Current state of research in agricultural information technology in Japan
         (lecturer: Noriyuki Murakami, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)

  • Class 4: Realization of Society 5.0 by utilizing Precision Agriculture into Smart Agriculture in NARO, Japan
         (lecturer: Yuji Nagasaki, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)

  • Class 5: Transforming Agri & Food Systems Under a Changing Climate
         (lecturer: Satoshi Koike, vegetalia, inc.)

  • Class 6: Next-Generation Green Revolution Integrating Science and Technology
         (lecturer: Satoshi Koike, vegetalia, inc.)

  • Class 7: Kubota’s approach to Smart Agriculture and future directions
         (lecturer: Satoshi Iida, Kubota Corporation)