| Food demand
is foreseen to continue increasing along with the increase in the world population.
However, an expansion of cultivated acreage can not be expected because of the
limitations arising from environment conservation, especially, forest conservation.
Therefore, an improvement in farm productivity has become a necessary for coming
days. - Yujiro Hirano, Shiro Ochi and Ryosuke Shibasaki
Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo |