Agriculture Minister Environmental measures in agriculture, forestry and fisheries To formulate a new strategy that incorporates specific goals October 16, 14:23
At a meeting after the Cabinet meeting on the 16th, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nogami announced a policy to formulate a new strategy that incorporates specific goals in order to promote environmental measures in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries industry.
Among them, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nogami said, "As issues such as warming and an increase in natural disasters pile up and it is important to respond to the environment, there is an urgent need to build a sustainable food supply system." He stated that he would formulate a new strategy for promoting environmental measures in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries industry around May next year.
Among these, in addition to promoting the conversion of fuel for agricultural houses and fishing boats from fossil fuels to renewable energy, smart agriculture utilizing AI and robots will be promoted to reduce the amount of pesticides sprayed, from production to distribution processing. After showing the necessary efforts at each stage up to, the policy is to include specific goals to reduce the environmental burden.
Minister Nogami said, "We believe that building a sustainable industrial base that is in harmony with the environment will raise the reputation of domestic products and lead to the expansion of exports," and will improve productivity, strengthen exports, and achieve both environmental measures. I emphasized the idea I was aiming for.