Smart Agriculture

Cultivation support solution providers/sales support providers/operational support providers of smart agriculture, and precision farming providers, MAFF and other governmental agencies

I   Current Status and Future Perspectives of Agriculture

1. Current Status of Domestic Agriculture (Gross Agricultural Production in 2014 Declined to 98.7% on Y-o-Y Basis)
2. Status of Rapidly Increasing Agricultural Corporations
3. Status of Attempts to Become a Sixth Sector Companies
4. Basic Agreement of TPP and Domestic Agricultural Measurement]
5. Trends of Agricultural Policies
6. Increasing Number of Companies Entering Agriculture from Different Industries

II   Current Status and Future Perspectives of Smart Agriculture

1. Smart Agriculture Market Overview

1. What is Smart Agriculture?
2. Background that requires Smart Agriculture
3. Series of cooperation and alignments of Smart Agriculture corporations

2. Governmental Approaches to Smart Agriculture

1. Approaches to Smart Agriculture by MAFF
2. Approaches to Smart Agriculture by Other Ministries and Agencies

3. Trends of Smart Agriculture Overseas

1. The world's largest Agribusiness enterprise is born (Bayer bought Monsanto)
2. Attempts of Smart Agriculture by Enterprises Overseas

4. Trends in Leading Market Players

1. Cultivation Support Solution
2. Sales Support Solution
3. Operational Support Solution
4. Precision Farming
5. Robots for Agriculture
6. Business Development of Smart Agriculture by Leading Market Players

5. Sales Trends at Leading Market Players

1. Cultivation Support Solution
2. Sales Support Solution
3. Operational Support Solution
4. Precision Farming
5. Robots for Agriculture
6. Turnover regarding Smart Agriculture by Leading Market Players

6. Challenges and Issues of Smart Agriculture
7. Future Business Directions of Smart Agriculture
8. Transition and Forecast of Smart Agriculture Market Size (FY2015 to FY2022)

1. Cultivation Support Solution
2. Sales Support Solution
3. Operational Support Solution
4. Precision Farming
5. Robots for Agriculture
6. Transition of Total Market Size of Smart Agriculture

9. Trends in Smart-Agriculture-Related Markets

1. Sensor Market Trends for Agriculture/Stock Raising Market
2. Trends of Drones or UAV/UAS for Agriculture
3. Trends of Plant Factory Market
4. Trends of Protected Horticulture Market

III     Questionnaire to Agricultural Corporations on Intention of Using ICT

1. Attributes of Responses
2. Trends of using ICT
3. ICT services currently using for agricultural producing/operating
4. Reasons why not currently using ICT services for agricultural producing/operation
5. Reasons why acceptance of ICT is delayed in production sites and operation of agriculture
6. Required conditions for ICT to be accepted in agriculture
7. ICT solutions that want to try in the future
8. Annual investment amount allowed for using ICT
9. Free Opinions regarding agricultural ICT and precision farming

• 100 Agricultural Corporations:

1. Rice Growers (44 enterprises)
2. Farm Horticulture (vegetables, fruits and flowers, 44 enterprises)
3. Dairy Farming/Animal Husbandry (12 enterprises)

IV   Company Profiles of Smart Agriculture (24 enterprises)