Smart Agriculture

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

Over the past decade, the number of agricultural operations nationwide has decreased by 630,800, falling from 1.514 million in 2013 to 883,300 in 2024.
The number of people engaged in agriculture also declined from 2.05 million in 2010 but fell to 1.114 million in 2024. Of this total, 799,000 (71.7%) were 65 years of age or older, indicating a significant increase in the proportion of elderly workers.
According to a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries survey, the number of agricultural workers is expected to decline to approximately one-quarter of the current level (from 1.11 million to 300,000) over the next 20 years. This creates a critical situation in which ensuring sustainable agricultural development and a stable food supply through conventional production methods becomes impossible.
This report examines the current initiatives and future directions of manufacturers entering the market—including agricultural IoT (agricultural cloud), smart water management systems, sales and management support, precision agriculture (smart agricultural machinery), agricultural drones, and agricultural robots—as well as the ICT adoption intentions of agricultural production corporations. Through this analysis, the report sheds light on the smart agriculture market, which is expected to grow.

I. Current Status and Future Prospects of Agriculture

1. Current Status of Domestic Agriculture
2. Status of Rapidly Increasing Agricultural Corporations
3. Progress on the Sixth-Sector Industrialization of Agriculture
4. Trends in Agricultural Policy

II. Current Status and Future Prospects of the Smart Agriculture Market

1. Smart Agriculture Market Overview
2. Governmental Approaches to Smart Agriculture
3. Digital Transformation in Agriculture and Food Systems
4. Decarbonization Initiatives by MAFF
5. Major Companies in Smart Agriculture Business Overseas
6. Trends in Leading Market Players
   1) Cultivation support solutions
   2) Sales support solutions
   3) Operational support solutions
   4) Precision farming
   5) Satellite remote sensing for agricultural applications
   6) Agriculture drone solutions
   7) Agricultural robots
   8) Business categories in smart agriculture developed by leading market players
7. Sales Trends in Major Market Players
   1) Cultivation support solutions
   2) Sales support solutions
   3) Operational support solutions
   4) Precision farming
   5) Satellite remote sensing
   6) Agriculture drone solutions
   7) Agricultural robots
   8) Smart agriculture-related sales at leading market players
8. Current Challenges and Issues of Smart Agriculture
   1) Challenges and issues with remotely monitored unmanned agricultural machinery (Level 3)
   2) Challenges and issues by solution
9. Future Business Direction for Smart Agriculture
   1) Number of potential target users of smart agriculture
   2)Future directions of smart agriculture by solution
10. Transition and Forecast of Smart Agriculture Market Size (FY2024-2031)

III. Questionnaire to 100 Agricultural Corporations on Intention of Using Agricultural ICT

1. Attributes of Responses
2. Trends of using ICT
3. Reasons for not using ICT
4. ICT services currently in use for agricultural production and operations
5. Reasons for slow adoption of ICT at production sites and agricultural business
6. Required conditions for ICT to be accepted in agriculture
7. Willingness to invest in AgriTech (in 1 to 3 years)
8. ICT solutions the corporation might try in the future
9. Annual budget on use of ICT
10. Awareness of agricultural ICT products
11. Agricultural ICT products currently in use
12. Assessment of Agricultural ICT products currently in use
13. Agricultural ICT products the corporation wish to use in the future
14. Trends of agricultural drones
15. W15. Do smart agriculture initiatives contribute to achieving sustainable agriculture?
16. Open comments on smart agriculture and precision agriculture

<Profiles of 100 Agricultural Corporations>

1. Rice growers: 68 corporations
2. Horticulture (vegetables, fruits and flowers): 32 corporations

IV. Individual Trends of Major Market Players in Smart Agriculture

• 38 corporations