[Finished] Holding a workshop on the theme of new lab "smart agriculture in urban areas"

In 2019, Yokohama City launched "IoT Open Innovation Partners (ITOP Yokohama)" as a place for exchanges, collaboration, project promotion, and human resource development, in order to create businesses utilizing IoT, etc. In collaboration with various companies and organizations in Japan and overseas, ITOPI Yokohama is working to develop products and services with high value-added products and services, create new businesses, and solve social issues using new technologies.

Yokohama City is facing social issues such as declining birthrate and aging population, declining working-age population, and aging urban infrastructure, especially in suburban areas. On the other hand, various international events are held, and it is also a city that has opportunities for future leaps, such as transmitting the appeal of the city and revitalizing the economy. Under these circumstances, ITOPI Yokohama has set up demonstration fields and themes in advance and solicit corporate proposals in order to solve the issues and possibilities facing Yokohama through IoT and to develop and fulfill their needs through IoT and to develop and fulfill their needs through IoT and to develop and fulfill their needs through IoT.

To date, ITOPI Yokohama has set themes such as "comfortable housing" and "revitalization of commercial facilities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic," and selected companies have been conducting demonstration experiments in the fields of rental housing managed by Yokohama City Housing Supply Corporation and the southern Yokohama market.
Against this backdrop, we decided to launch a new lab with the theme of "smart agriculture in urban areas."
Prior to the recruitment of demonstration experiments, a workshop aimed at explaining the real issues faced by those engaged in agriculture on cultivated land in the city from the responsible section, and a workshop aimed at deepening the understanding of the companies planning proposals To do.
Specific issues include measures against illegal dumping in agricultural areas and crop theft, damage to birds and beasts, support crop development, and safety measures for agricultural vehicles.
We look forward to the participation of companies working on the development of new IoT products and services related to smart agriculture.

YOXO BOX
Address: ICON Kannai (1st floor) 1-6, Onouecho, Naka-ku, Yokohama
＊Please refer to the following link for details of the YOXO BOX.

Companies that are interested in "ITOP Yokohama Lab" (smart agriculture in urban areas) and intend to propose demonstration experiments.
※ The purpose of this project is to fill the gap between the concept for demonstration experiments of companies working on the commercialization of new IoT products and services and the sense of challenges faced by farmers in the city through questions and answers in the workshop. Please attend as realistic as possible.

Yokohama-shi
(ITOP Yokohama Project Creation Business Outsourcing: Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting Co., Ltd.)