The implementation phase of the project has launched - April 2023

The project aims to "promote the development of precision and digital agriculture through public-private partnerships between Japan and Brazil." This goal is expected to be achieved through the realization of the four outcomes shown in Figure 1. Following a planning phase (April 2021 – March 2022) and a subsequent detailed planning study, the implementation phase began in April 2023. Additionally, given the extensive use of technical terms from the ICT field in this project, a glossary of terms has been prepared to ensure a shared understanding between Japanese and Brazilian stakeholders. Key technical terms are introduced below:

• Precision Agriculture

  A management strategy that collects, processes, and analyzes data on discrete events over time and space, integrating it with other relevant information to support decision-making. The goal is to enhance efficiency, productivity, quality, profitability, and sustainability in agricultural production based on estimated variability.

  
  

• Digital Agriculture:

  A farming system that utilizes IT to collect and analyze digital data (discrete data) from production sites, thereby improving farm management efficiency, increasing crop yields, and enhancing product quality. It is considered a subset of precision agriculture.

  
  

• Innovation Ecosystem

  A framework that generates social and economic value by creating new linkages and contexts—while also reassessing existing elements such as products, services, organizations, business models, and mechanisms—to drive change. This process leads to the formation of a large interconnected system in which various industries and products interact to foster innovation.

Based on this premise, the project will collaborate with companies and research institutions to establish a Co-Creation Platform as a foundation for innovation. Additionally, it will contribute to the enhancement of the Agricultural Data Linkage Platform (AgroAPI) operated by Embrapa, a Brazilian agricultural research organization (Figure 2).

Furthermore, through demonstration projects in crops, livestock, and agroforestry, the initiative is expected to facilitate greater access to precision and digital agriculture for small- and medium-scale producers, while enabling large-scale producers to transition toward more sustainable agricultural practices.

These activities also aim to strengthen a sustainable public-private partnership between Japan and Brazil by fostering "Co-Creation" with Brazilian companies and research institutions.