Sagri is selected for "Supply Chain Resilience Projects in the Indo-Pacific region.

Sagri is into the Agricultural Carbon Neutral business for small and marginal farmers income gain

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2022年5月24日 18時10分

Promoting a decarbonized society through the prevention of denitrification by reducing chemical fertilizers and strengthening the supply chain for chemical fertilizers.
サグリ株式会社は、本実証事業を通じて、「脱炭素」に係わるビジネスを開始。農地からの排出される温室効果ガスの削減を実施し、カーボン・オフセット取引による発展途上国の農家の所得向上に貢献します。

Supply Chain Resilience Projects in the Indo-Pacific region

n addition to various restrictions on the movement of factors of production and changes in industrial structure brought about by the new coronavirus, an increase in natural disasters due to climate change, and various regulations and barriers to trade, technology, investment, and movement of people due to the struggle for supremacy between the U.S. and China, the digitalization of the economy and the shift to services represented by the 4th Industrial Revolution are proceeding at breakneck speed in parallel with these changes. In parallel with these changes, the digitalization of the economy and the shift to services, represented by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, are progressing at a breakneck speed, and there are strict demands for decarbonization.
In response, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has decided to promote risk visualization and data linkage using digital technology, as well as business environment development to incorporate new hubs into supply chains, and has launched a series of initiatives by businesses to realize supply chain resilience in the Indo-Pacific region (Supply Chain The subsidy is intended to promote supply chain resilience by subsidizing a portion of the costs for the initiatives of businesses in the Indo-Pacific region (visualization of supply chains, advancement of logistics, facilitation of trade procedures, demonstration for diversification of production bases, business feasibility studies, human resource development, etc.). （The subsidy project (hereafter referred to as "the Project") will be implemented in order to promote supply chain resilience by subsidizing a part of the cost of the project (such as feasibility studies or human resource development). (Adapted from the Japan Machinery Federation website: http://www.jmf.or.jp/intro/iinkai/2914.html.)

Sagri Initiatives: Supply Chain Resilience Project for Chemical Fertilizers and Decarbonization in the Indo-Pacific Agriculture Sector

The background of this project is that Japan relies heavily on imports of chemical fertilizers, and procurement costs are increasing due to export restrictions in other countries and soaring global prices of chemical fertilizers as a result of the situation in Russia and Ukraine.
Even under such circumstances, in order to achieve Japan's greenhouse gas reduction targets, it is necessary to quickly export technologies that will contribute to the realization of a decarbonized society and to build relationships for emissions trading.
In this project, Sagri will use satellite data and machine learning to automatically plot farmland and assess the amount of nitrogen in the soil. We will reduce N2O (nitrous oxide) emissions through optimal fertilizer application design in farmland. The private sector will then take the lead in evaluating the reductions and converting them into carbon credits.
Specifically, chemical fertilizers will be reduced in fields in India and Thailand, and the amount of GHG reductions corresponding to the reduced fertilizer will be calculated, and those GHG reductions will be evaluated based on the private-sector-led credit system to determine whether the data is conducive to carbon offset trading. Based on the evaluation, we will confirm whether the data on GHG reductions from agriculture can be used for carbon offset transactions for companies in India, Thailand, Australia, and Japan.

インド太平洋地域サプライチェーン強靱化事業について

新型コロナウィルスがもたらす生産要素の移動に関する様々な制約と産業構造の変化、気候変動による自然災害の増加、米中間の覇権争いによる貿易・技術・投資・人の移動における様々な規制と障壁等に加え、こうした変化と並行して第４次産業革命に代表される経済のデジタル化とサービス化は猛烈な速度で進行し、脱炭素に向けた厳しい要請が行われるなど、サプライチェーンを取り巻く環境は大きく変動し、途絶リスクも増大しています。これに対応するため、経済産業省では、デジタル技術を活用したリスクの可視化やデータ連携、新たな拠点をサプライチェーンに組み入れるための事業環境整備を進めていくこととし、インド太平洋地域におけるサプライチェーン強靱化を実現するための事業者の取組(サプライチェーン可視化、ロジスティクスの高度化、貿易手続き円滑化及び生産拠点の多元化に向けた実証、事業実施可能性調査又は人材育成等）に対して、経費の一部を補助することにより、令和３年度補正　海外市場調査等事業費補助金（インド太平洋地域サプライチェーン強靱化事業）に係る補助事業（以下、本事業）を実施することとなりました。（日本機械工業連合会ホームページ：http://www.jmf.or.jp/intro/iinkai/2914.html より引用。）

インド太平洋地域の農業分野における化学肥料及び脱炭素のサプライチェーン強靭化事業

本事業は、我が国が化学肥料の多くを輸入に依存している状況下で、他国の輸出規制やロシア-ウクライナ情勢による世界的な化学肥料価額高騰に伴い、調達コストが増加しつつあることを背景にしています。そのような状況下においても、我が国が掲げる温室効果ガス削減目標を達成するため、脱炭素社会の実現に資する迅速な技術輸出や、排出取引に向けた関係構築を行う必要があります。本事業においては、サグリ株式会社は衛星データと機械学習を用いた農地自動区画化及び土壌中の窒素量を評価し、農地での最適な施肥設計によるN2O（亜酸化窒素）の排出量を削減します。そして、民間主導で、削減量評価、カーボンクレジット化を実施します。具体的には、インド・タイの圃場において、化学肥料を削減し、削減した分の肥料に応じた温室効果ガス削減量を算定し、それらの温室効果ガス削減量をカーボンオフセット取引に資するデータであるかどうかを、民間主導のクレジット制度に基づいて評価します。評価に基づき、農業由来の温室効果額削減量データがインド・タイ・オーストラリア・日本の各国企業にとってカーボンオフセット取引になりえるかを確認します。

Details of the project by Sagri

We will deploy the system we have developed to agricultural cooperatives, which will use the farm management information obtained from the system to provide farm management and optimal farm management information and materials to their farm leaders. In addition, the field and customer management system will be used to input data on each field and farmer, as well as soil analysis data conducted on some fields by latitude and longitude. This information will be utilized as teacher data and test data for soil chemistry evaluation using satellite data provided by Sagri, so that farmers can design optimal fertilizer application for each field based on highly accurate soil analysis data, thereby reducing the amount of chemical fertilizers used and promoting the use of organic materials, and these activities will also help to The amount of greenhouse gases absorbed by each farmland reported by farmers can be evaluated and converted into carbon credits.

About Sagri

Sagri is a startup company founded in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan in June 2018, and in June 2021 announced a total of 155 million yen in funding from real-tech funds and other investors. It also became the first investment in the Hyogo Kobe Startup Fund. certified as a university-launched venture in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries technology by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries in 2021, and selected as a J-Startup-KANSAI by the Kinki Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry. The company received the Business Concept Award at the Ministry of the Environment's Startup Awards and was selected as a Toyo Keizai 2021 Amazing Venture. In addition, it was recognized as a Gifu University Venture by Gifu University, Tokai National University Organization.

About Satoshi Nagata, CSO of Sagri Bengaluru Private Limited

Sagri Bengaluru Private Limited CSO Satoshi Nagata

After graduating from the School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University, he joined Tokio Marine & Nichido. After working for Tokio Marine & Nichido, he joined a human resources-related start-up.He was engaged in strategic planning and recruitment support for venture companies. Later, he joined Yusen Logistics in Bengaluru, as Head of Japanese Corporate Sales, August 2017. In April 2019, he joined SAgri as an expat for India business assignment in Bengaluru and he is engaged in partner development, recruitment, organizational structure building, alliances and business development.