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Together with Nugizaka46, let's learn about domestic products!
The food consumed in Japan is produced as much as possible in Japan.
This is called "domestic product".
The current food supply rate in Japan is 38% calorie-based.
About 60% of food is imported.
If there are fewer rice fields and fields in Japan,
and if importation from overseas is restricted due to disasters,
we may lose what we eat.
In this program, we will report on where and how domestic ingredients are produced,
and Nugizaka46 members who support J.A. Group's national promotion of domestic products will report on the site.
Hello!
I'm Yamata Renka of Nugizaka46.
And I'm Mukai Hazuki.
Nice to meet you!
Today, we came to "Toumetsu-cho"!
Yay! It's wide!
It's all rice fields.
We're surrounded by rice fields.
What do you think?
I'm from Tokyo, so I'm not used to it.
I can't stop getting excited.
By the way, we love this kind of city life.
I'm happy to feel the nature.
What are we doing today?
We're going to learn about "smart agriculture".
What is "smart agriculture"?
I don't know.
We say "smart" because we use machines and so on.
I agree.
I wonder if agriculture is different.
I don't know.
So, we're going to use this GoPro and learn about "smart agriculture".
Sounds good. I'd like to learn about it with GoPro.
Let's go!
So, from Sapporo, the two of them will spend about an hour by car in Tobetsu-cho,
aiming for a farm for smart farmers like Fujiwara- san.
Hello!
I'm Iwamoto Renka.
I'm Nakai Hazuki.
I'm Fujiwara, and I farm in Tobetsu-cho.
Nice to meet you!
Welcome to Hokkaido!
Thank you!
What do you like about Hokkaido?
It's spacious and the air is delicious.
I'm here to learn about agriculture.
Today we're in a rice field.
We've already finished harvesting rice.
Until last week, we had rice here.
Is this all of it?
That's right.
Wow!
Did you buy it yourself?
I didn't buy it myself, but there's something I'm doing right now called "smart agriculture".
I use AI and robots to do agriculture.
So, first of all, I'd like you to see a robot tractor today.
I'm looking forward to it!
Thank you!
Now, Fujiwara-san will tell us about smart agriculture.
What does "smart" in "smart agriculture" mean?
Smart agriculture means using AI and robot technology to do agriculture.
There are two types of agriculture.
The first is the technology that helps robots do the work humans do.
The second is the technology that improves the quality of agricultural products.
Wow, that's amazing!
What is this tractor here for?
In the first place, tractors are not necessary for agriculture, such as growing and transporting soil.
But this tractor seems to be a little different from ordinary ones.
The difference between this tractor and ordinary tractors is that it has a GPS antenna on top of it.
That black box is the GPS antenna, and it detects where you are running.
Wow!
And can you see the camera under it?
It detects obstacles and automatically stops or moves again.
Wow!
It's limited to self-support, but you can ride it without people.
I'd like you to actually ride it and experience it today.
Can I ride it?
I'm happy!
I wonder what it's like.
I know, right?
Let's get on it!
Yay! Thank you!
Who wants to go first?
Me!
Okay!
Okay, you can go first.
Wow! Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you! Be careful!
Unlike ordinary tractors, this one has a tablet.
You can see the course you're going to walk on.
If you start now, it'll go straight ahead and then U-turn and go back.
Let's get started!
You can start and stop with this remote control.
Shall we get started?
Wow! Can we?
This orange button is a long press.
Okay, let's do it!
Oh!
It's on!
Start!
Wow!
It's not looking this way at all!
Wow! It's running straight!
Look! The front and rear cameras are also working.
It goes all the way to the end of the paddy field and comes back with a U-turn.
Wow! It curves properly.
It also reverses and steers.
Wow!
Wow! I'm so happy!
How can you drive so beautifully and safely?
As I mentioned earlier, I receive radio waves with my GPS, so I calculate where I am driving.
I also think about sensors and cameras.
Wow!
Wow! Thank you very much!
You're right!
I feel like I'm working in a field.
I feel like I can do anything.
It was fun!
Next up is Iwamoto's drive.
Let's start the car.
Ready, go!
It's starting.
Wow!
I'm so excited!
It's looking at me!
Wow!
Wow! It really stops.
Wow! It's reversing!
Wow! It's driving!
It's an era where you can work like this.
Wow!
Welcome back!
It was so much fun!
I'm so happy!
It's an experience you don't get often.
It's a precious machine.
This is a machine used in smart agriculture.
What do you think it's used for?
What is this?
It's huge!
I don't know what it is at all.
Fuel moves with a battery.
I see.
Something might go in here.
What might go in?
This is a drone to fly fertilizer remotely.
Fertilizer goes in.
Wow!
I see.
Fertilizer rain falls here.
Fertilizer flies and goes up.
Wow!
I didn't expect it.
How much fertilizer can you cut with this?
Normally, it takes about 30 minutes or half an hour for this field.
You are smart.
Do you need a vision for this kind of drone?
Yes, you need a vision for flying it.
You need to learn how to fly it to avoid falling objects.
For this drone, you can fly it up and down automatically.
You can operate it with this tablet.
You are smart.
Wow!
I see.
What about this one?
This one is also the same?
Yes, it is a small drone.
This small drone has a camera underneath.
I see.
With the camera, you can observe how the field grows.
Wow!
You can check it with this.
This is what I observed.
It shows colors.
Wow!
The red part is where the growth is delayed, and the dark green part is where the growth is progressing.
This is how colors are distinguished and seen.
So, only for this red part of the map or the orange part of the map,
we use this technology to wrap fertilizer.
This technology is really amazing.
Even if you are a farmer, it is difficult for you to tell what is delayed by looking at it with your own eyes.
So, by flying this up in the sky and shooting it, you can make a map like this.
Wow! This is really amazing!
Is there anything different about using this drone?
By using this drone, we were able to reduce the amount of fertilizer in rice fields and fields by about 10%.
Wow! That's good!
You don't have to use it for fertilizer.
That's right. We only use it where we need it.
That's amazing!
Also, by reducing the amount of fertilizer, production costs have also decreased, which is also reflected in income.
I see! Income increase!
That's right!
Wow! This is full of good things!
Full of good things!
This drone is very capable!
Right! Very capable!
Thank you for your hard work in this windy weather!
Thank you!
How was it today?
Well, I didn't know much about smart agriculture, so I'm glad I was able to learn a lot of things.
It was fun!
It was interesting to know that you are really smart!
Yes!
How has life changed since the introduction of smart agriculture?
Well, working hours have been shortened in the first place, and you can do different things by moving around in the desert.
I was able to spend time with my family and do other work, so both mentally and physically I feel much more relaxed.
I see. So you've become smart not only in agriculture.
That's right.
Wow.
How you spend your time.
That's right. Well, you can't be smart physically.
But you're smart enough, right?
I am.
Does it affect the quality of agricultural products?
The overall quality increases, and by becoming data, anyone can see and understand it.
That's right.
And through that year, we can produce and ship agricultural products with stable quality, so I think it has an effect of improving that quality.
Wow, stable. We're happy, too.
The rice is always delicious.
Yes, it's delicious. You can get a lot of rice.
Thank you.
The machines you just showed me look very expensive. Do you buy them yourself?
That's right. Well, smart agricultural machines themselves are one of the challenges, because they are more expensive than ordinary agricultural machines.
But there are regulations and subsidies for those places, and I and the producers actively introduce those machines while taking advantage of them.
I see.
Depending on your area of work, what kind of machines you choose and what kind of technology you incorporate are the most important things, I think.
That's right.
How does smart agriculture change the future of agriculture?
By commercializing it, even a small number of people can grow rice in large areas.
I have the impression that agriculture is hard and difficult, but I can operate it with just a tablet or use a drone for fertilization.
It's getting easier to work, and I saw a tractor and thought it was cool, but I think that smart agriculture has something to be proud of.
That's right, smart agriculture that existed in today's era.
I think it's necessary for us to tell consumers and self-producers that we can do this much by introducing smart agriculture machines and agricultural machines.
That's wonderful.
Let's do our best to spread it.
That's right.
Please.
We'll do our best.
Smart agriculture not only changes the way farmers work, but also changes the way Japanese agriculture exists itself.
We will continue to report on smart agriculture in Hokkaido in the future.
A quiz about domestic and international products is also being released on the special page.
Please be sure to watch it next time as well.
Bye-bye.
Thank you for watching.