Modern Japanese farming of rice in a paddy field in Nanto, Toyama, Japan. (Image source: ISAKA Yoji/commons)
The trade fair hosted the next generations of technologies such as plant factories, automation and IT systems at the show in Tokyo which was hosted 12-14 October 2016
Soon to be a match made in heaven: Malaysian coffee meets Danish milk to be realised. (Image sourced: McKay Savage/Commons)
Malaysian Minister for Agriculture & Agro-based Industries, Dato’ Sri Ahmad Shabery Cheek and his Danish counterpart, Minister Esben Lunde Larsen signed Memorandum of Understanding (MuO) on 22 September 2016
Realises a shared vision of integrated agricultural offerings, delivering enhanced solutions for growers and creates a leading innovation engine for the next generation of farming
Old Japanese farm houses such as this may be increasingly vacant due to labour shortages. (Image source: hashi photo/commons)
Japanese government will begin discussions to attract farmers from other countries due to serious labour shortage in the argicultural sector
Strawberries grown in greenhouses like this in Japan may not need soil in the near future. (Image source: commons)
Japanese chemical company Denka has commercialized a new cultivation system that rids the need of soil
