Firms tap AI and sensors to boost indoor farming as Japan faces farmer shortage
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Japanese firms are increasingly using AI and sensors to improve indoor farming techniques in response to a shortage of farmers. The government supports this push with a goal of investing ¥4.6 trillion in advanced agriculture technologies by 2040 to enhance productivity.
The government is promoting the adoption in agriculture of advanced technologies, with a target of ¥4.6 trillion in public and private investment by fiscal 2040.
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