Agricultural business using farmland, and agricultural business using facilities

Enterprises from Industries of Railway/Transportation, Food/Beverages Manufacturing, Trading/Food Wholesaling, Restaurant/Ready-to-Eat Foods, Mass Merchandizers/Convenience Stores, Others (Gas, Electrical Machineries, All Sorts of Manufacturers)

I   Current Status and Future Perspectives of Domestic Agriculture

1. Tendency of Nationwide Declining Number of Farms and Challenges of Domestic Agriculture
2. Status of Crop Conditions of Farm Produce and Total Output
3. Status of Soaring Number of Agricultural Production Corporations
4. Attempts of Bringing Agriculture into 6th Sector Industry
5. Agreement in Principle on TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and Domestic Agricultural Measures

II   Trends and Future Perspectives of Launching Farming Business by Leading Companies

1. Overview of Agricultural Business

1. What is agricultural (farming) business?
2. Backgrounds of increasing number of businesses starting agricultural business
3. Aims of businesses starting farming
4. Continuous increase of companies starting agriculture
5. Starting of agriculture by companies and the Farmland Act
6. What is agriculture becoming the "sixth industry"?

2. Trends of Agricultural Business Market

1. Overall trends of agricultural business
2. Transition of entire size of agricultural business market (FY2009-FY2014)
3. Form of companies starting agricultural business (choose from agriculture business type using farmland or using facilities)
4. Market trends of agricultural business using farmland
5. Market trends of agricultural business using facilities

3. Trends of Leading Companies Starting Agricultural Business

1. Characteristics of agricultural business developed by leading companies
2. Agricultural business launching models by industry
3. Needs of labor-saving, efficiency, IT introduction

4. Trends of Noteworthy Agricultural Business
5. Trends of Branding of Farm Produce
6. Trends of New Distribution Business of Farm Produce
7. Overseas Agricultural Business Trends by Japanese Enterprises
8. Trends of Agricultural Regulations and Policies
9. Current Challenges and Future Directions of Agricultural Business
10. Forecast of Agricultural Business Market Size and Future Outlook (FY2015-FY2020)

III   Trends of Companies Starting Agriculture Business by Industry

1. Enterprises in Construction Industry
2. Enterprises in Railway/Transportation Industry
3. Enterprises in Food/Beverages Manufacturing Industry
4. Enterprises in Trading/Food Wholesaling Industry
5. Enterprises in Restaurant/Ready-to-Eat Food Industry
6. Enterprises in Mass Merchandizer/Convenience Store Industry
7. Enterprises in Other Industries (Gas, Electrical Machineries, All Sorts of Manufacturers)

IV   Trends of Enterprises Starting Agriculture Business by Farming Pattern

1. Paddy Rice
2. Vegetables
3. Fruit Trees
4. Ornamental Plants

V   Trends of Leading Enterprises Starting Agriculture Business (30 companies)

• 4 enterprises from Construction Industry
• 1 enterprise from Railway/Transportation Industry
• 5 enterprises from Food/Beverages Manufacturing Industry
• 3 enterprises from Trading/Food Wholesaling Industry
• 3 enterprises from Restaurant/Ready-to-Eat Food Industry
• 2 enterprises from Mass Merchandizer/Convenience Store Industry
• 12 enterprises from Other Industries (Gas, Electrical Machineries, All Sorts of Manufacturers)

VI   Profiles of Companies and Organizations of Agriculture Business (Tota. 322 companies and organizations)

• 99 Enterprises/Organizations from Constructing Industry
• 14 Enterprises/Organizations from Railway/Transportation Industry
• 60 Enterprises/Organizations from Food/Beverages Manufacturing Industry
• 8 Enterprises/Organizations from Trading/Food Wholesaling Industry
• 6 Enterprises/Organizations from Restaurant/Ready-to-Eat Food Industry
• 127 Enterprises/Organizations from Other Industries (Gas, Electrical Machineries, All Sorts of Manufacturers)