"Tochi otome"
Japanese strawberry variety now grown in India
Japan's NEC Corporation has come up with an idea to create both social and economic value of this project using Information and Communications Technology.
NEC has teamed up with the Institute of Cultural Affairs, an India based NGO to set up strawberry project in Pune.
Growing Japanese strawberries requires high skills and experience. NEC's support of Information Technology services makes it capable to expand to overseas market.
Data such as temperature, humidity and sunlight hours as required for cultivation of crop are collected from several sensors installed in the Poly-house.
The cultivation data has been shared with the professionals in Japan through NEC's cloud system.
The Japanese agriculture professional organisation, GRA, is in charge of cultivation of strawberries in India. GRA analyses the data and gives feed back to India for cultivation support.
Staff in India can send photos, questions and requests to Japan for GRA professionals to analyze and respond to the queries.
"Now we can see photos and data such as water conditions and the temperatures at a glance of the PC. By observing the current situations at real time, we can take precautionary steps. As a result, the yield has increased. We are gradually achieving the business plan," said Tatsuya Katsube, Exective Assistant, Country manager in India, GRA Inc.
Source: newkerala.com
