-- Utilizing ICT to ensure plentiful food
supplies in the future --
Tokyo, July 18, 2012 -- Fujitsu Limited today
announced the launch of its new "Akisai" cloud for the food and
agricultural industries, which will be available from October of this year.
Based on Fujitsu's field testing over the
past three years on the use of ICT on the front lines of agriculture, the
Akisai cloud achieves rapid improvements in the efficiency of agricultural
management by employing ICT.
With the concept of "utilizing ICT to
ensure plentiful food supplies in the future," Fujitsu's new service is
the first of its kind worldwide that has been designed to provide comprehensive
support to all aspects of agricultural management, such as for administration,
production, and sales in open field cultivation of rice and vegetables,
horticulture, and in animal husbandry.
With the on-site utilization of ICT as a
starting point, the service aims to connect distributors, agricultural regions,
and consumers through an enhanced value chain.
Beginning in October, as the initial stage in
its release, Fujitsu will provide an SaaS-based solution for agricultural
production management, which is designed to support management in both
agriculture and food-related industries, while also offering an innovation
support service that promotes on-site ICT utilization and supports systematic
management practices in farms.
These services allow farmers to visualize the
entire production process, while enabling management leading to revenue growth
through utilizing comprehensive data.
Food-related companies, such as food
processors, wholesalers, retailers, and restaurants, will also be able to
establish a process for regulating supply and demand adjustments as well as
quality control with their contracted producers.
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