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A Context Changing with Precision Agriculture in Japan
S. Shibusawa
Tokyo University of Agriculture and technology

A new context is emerging under introducing of precision agriculture, impacted by top-down ICT policies and bottom-up collaborative activities. Food chain is changing by a holistic technology policy of integration in the fields of breeding, farm production, processing, transportation, and market in consumers. A new ICT strategy was issued by the government for precision agriculture to enhance the interoperability and portability of data/information sets collected from the field. The administration focused on standardization of data/information protocol, common terminology to share the information and knowledge. Intellectual properties produced by collaboration of growers and industry, such patents and know-hows, are also issues to be handled. On the basis of a platform of agricultural information some value-chains should be produced. Agro-medical food is also an emerging program for value-added produce with a high function of encouraging the quality of lifestyle. The agricultural sector must be changed into suppliers of fairly controlled products to the medical sector, which requires controlled protocols of production with traceable management. The medical sector confirms the evidence of effectiveness against disease prevention and wellness in medical science. The nutrition and dietetics sector provides personalized diets using agro-medical foods. The business sector commercializes agro-medical foods and diets. The engineering sector provides bio-sensing and control technology to manage the system and communicate beyond disciplines.

Keyword: ICT, Portability, Interoperability, Food chain, Agro-medical food