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Can we escape serious 'dependence on China'? A century-old wholesaler moves: 'Fertilizer from air' and AI agriculture

Can we escape serious 'dependence on China'? A century-old wholesaler moves: 'Fertilizer from air' and AI agriculture
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To reduce dependence on imported chemical fertilizer, a century-old wholesaler with 50 billion yen in revenue is leveraging plasma technology and AI agriculture to enhance food security.

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  • •Japan's agricultural sector faces urgent food security challenges due to near-total reliance on overseas sources for chemical fertilizer raw materials.
  • •A century-old materials wholesaler with 50 billion yen in revenue is focusing on a technology that creates fertilizer from air by applying plasma to cow manure.
  • •The company aims to break import dependence by transplanting 30 years of experience from skilled farmers into AI systems.
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