[finished] Announcement of adoption of a demonstration project proposal for “Smart Agriculture in Urban Areas” I. TOP Yokohama Lab

Yokohama City is working on the ITOP Yokohama Lab, which aims to create a new project by providing a demonstration field. We are recruiting proposals for demonstration experiments on new IoT products and services that realize labor saving in agricultural work in urban agriculture, support cultivation of crops, and improvement of the farming environment in farmland cultivated by farmers in Yokohama City. I will do it.

In this project, we plan to use "farmland in the city" as a field for demonstration experiments. We look forward to proposals for new IoT products and services that will save labor in urban agriculture, support cultivation of crops, and improve the farming environment.

（１） Measures to support crop cultivation in agricultural areas

• Image diagnostic systems, cameras, etc. that contribute to the cultivation of crops and the efficiency of work using AI, etc.

（２） Safety measures for farm work vehicles in agricultural areas

• Systems (sensors, alarm devices, etc.) that are added to existing agricultural vehicles to improve the safety of agricultural work, etc.

（３） Measures against wild birds and beasts in agricultural areas

• Surveillance cameras linked to the cloud that can be easily operated by farmers.
• Night surveillance drones (e.g., emit sounds and smells that wild animals avoid when detected), etc.

（４） Effective measures against illegal dumping in agricultural areas (farmland/adjacent roads)

• Surveillance cameras linked to the cloud that can be easily operated by farmers.
• Night surveillance drones (with face recognition system, etc.), etc.

（５） Measures against theft of agricultural products in agricultural areas

• Surveillance cameras linked to the cloud that can be easily operated by farmers.
• Night surveillance drones (with face recognition system, etc.), etc.

※Because there are many agricultural lands adjacent to residential areas, specifications such as (1) to (5) that make loud noises at night and those that are easy to damage due to careless contact by the general public is desirable not.

• You have already participated in I.TOP Yokohama. You must apply for participation at the same time as the application.
• Ideas for products and services have been embodied, and prototypes for immediate implementation of demonstration experiments have already been completed. (After adoption, prototype development will begin, and if it takes a certain period of time to demonstrate products and services, it will be deemed that you are not eligible to apply.)
• The proposals for "I. TOP Yokohama Lab" are new products and services that match the objectives and themes, and conduct demonstration experiments of products and services for a certain period of time on farmland cultivated by farmers in Yokohama City. Hope and plan. (If you wish or do not plan a demonstration experiment on a new product or service (for example, only want matching with a farmer), it is considered that you are not eligible to apply.

※For details, please refer to the application guidelines.

After agreeing to the contents of "4. Personal Information Protection" in the application guidelines, please submit the application form through the electronic application system described in "Submission Location".
※During the screening process, we may contact you or consult about the application details.

• Application form ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ 1 copy (required: Yokohama City style)
• Supplementary materials: ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ 1 copy (optional: no style specification)

※Please note that submission documents will not be returned.

※Please download the file from the "Various Materials" section below.

　City of Yokohama, Environmental Planning Bureau Agricultural Promotion Division (in charge: Tanami, Toshima)

　TEL: 045-671-2637 E-mail: ks-nogyoshinko@city.yokohama.jp

　Yokohama City Economic Affairs Bureau Industrial Collaboration Promotion Section (in charge: Inoue, Mori)

　TEL: 045‐671‐4600 E-mail: ke-iot@city.yokohama.jp

Yokohama City has launched IoT Open Innovation Partners (I.TOP Yokohama), a place for exchange and cooperation, project promotion, and human resource development to create businesses utilizing IoT and other technologies. In collaboration with various companies and institutions in Japan and overseas, I. TOP Yokohama is working to develop high value-added products and services, create new businesses, and solve social issues utilizing new technologies through open innovation.

Yokohama is facing social issues such as a declining birthrate and aging population, a decline in the working-age population, and aging urban infrastructure, especially in suburban areas. On the other hand, various international events are held in Yokohama, and it is also a city that has opportunities for the future leap, such as communicating the appeal of the city and revitalizing the economy. Under these circumstances, I.TOP Yokohama has established the I.TOP Yokohama Lab as a new framework to help companies create projects and commercialize projects, as well as to solve social issues, in order to resolve issues and possibilities facing Yokohama through IoT, and to develop and satisfy needs through IoT.