AGRI SMILE Co., Ltd.
– Event Report – AGRI SMILE, together with the Ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, and JA, held a press conference to establish the “Council for Decarbonizing Local Areas Using Biostimulants (Eco-LAB)”
~Aiming to create a new decarbonized region through public-private collaboration~
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AGRI SMILE Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as AGRI SMILE) has established the Expert Council for Low Carbon Agriculture in Biostimulant technology (hereinafter referred to as Eco-LAB), which the company represents. To commemorate this, a press conference was held on September 7th, with speakers from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Bank of Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Mitsubishi UFJ Bank”), and Agricultural Cooperative Association (hereinafter referred to as JA).
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Eco-LAB is a council established to support the appropriate use of biostimulants that meet the needs of agricultural production areas and to promote carbon credit trading*. At the press conference, Mr. Takeshi Okuma, Director of Industry-Academia Collaboration Office, Research Promotion Division, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Technology Council Secretariat, took the stage from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Mr. Yuji Kosugi, General Manager, Sales Division 5, Sales Headquarters, from Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, and Takaya Nakamichi from AGRI SMILE. We talked about Eco-LAB’s
initiatives. Furthermore, as representatives of the three consortiums in Eco-LAB, JA Kitamirai, JA Hagano, and JA Topia Hamamatsu introduced their activities.
*Establishment of the “Decarbonized Community Development Council” to promote environmental conservation through residual biostimulants. />
■Press conference summary
Title: Press conference to establish the “Decarbonized Community Development Council” to promote environmental conservation with residual biostimulants
Date and time: September 7, 2023
Venue: Imperial Hotel (online streaming also available)
Speakers:
Mr. Takeshi Okuma, Director of Industry-Academia Collaboration Office, Research Promotion Division, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Technology Council Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Ltd. Sales Headquarters Sales Department 5 Manager Yuji Kosugi
AGRI SMILE Co., Ltd. Representative Director and President Takaya Nakamichi Mr. Hironori Otsubo, Representative Director, Kitamirai Agricultural Cooperative Association
Mr. Atsushi Kokufuda, Representative Director, Hagano Agricultural Cooperative Association
Topia Hamamatsu Agricultural Cooperative Association Managing Director Naoji Saito
■Press conference details
“A place for the accumulation and utilization of knowledge (R) Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Council” to promote open innovation
First, we heard from Mr. Takeshi Okuma of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries about the efforts of the
Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Council, a place for the accumulation and utilization of knowledge, aimed at promoting open innovation.
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Summary of presentation:
We would like to express our sincere congratulations on the
establishment of Eco-LAB as one of the research and development platforms of the “Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Council, a place for the accumulation and utilization of knowledge” promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. . We believe that this is an excellent initiative that aims to create a decarbonized local society from the agricultural sector, with many participants from JA, private companies, and financial institutions in each region. In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries formulated the Green Food System Strategy in May 2021, which is based on the concept of achieving both improved productivity and
sustainability in the food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries industries through innovation. I look forward to future activities that are consistent with this and will lead to the realization of this goal.
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Summary of presentation:
At Bank of Mitsubishi UFJ, we have launched a cross-departmental project called “Food-X PT” as an initiative to resolve social issues in the food field, and one of its priority areas includes “pesticides, fertilizers, and biostimulants.” Masu. As issues surrounding agriculture in Japan include greenhouse gas emissions and the aging of farmers, the need for sustainable agriculture is increasing, and financial institutions are helping to resolve these issues. I think it is necessary. We believe that agricultural carbon credits are an effective means of solving this problem. There are three approaches to reducing greenhouse gases: “reducing chemical fertilizers,” “increasing carbon in the soil,” and “reducing methane emitted from the soil,” and Bank of Mitsubishi UFJ is working to create a framework for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, manufacturers, and manufacturers. We would like to provide support while collaborating with the producers.
In particular, we believe that carbon credits are important in the field of wet rice cultivation, which has the greatest impact on Japanese agriculture. We believe that biostimulants using plant residues are a unique initiative that has the potential to solve multiple agricultural issues at the same time, and we would like to continue to support them.
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First, I will talk about the challenges faced by the agricultural industry due to global warming and soaring fertilizer prices as the background for the establishment of Eco-LAB, and then talk about the challenges faced by the agricultural industry due to global warming and soaring fertilizer prices. We have introduced the goal of reducing this by %. Biostimulants are one of the means to achieve this goal, and we talked about the evaluation index of the action mechanism of biostimulants, which is patented by AGRI SMILE.
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