On Friday, August 5, 8, Toba National College of Technology and the Tokai Agricultural Administration Bureau (based in Mie Prefecture) exchanged opinions.
　At our school, we make full use of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (deep learning) to solve the problems of local agriculture.
　This time, with the aim of using this knowledge to think about measures to deal with labor shortages in the agricultural sector and aging populations in rural areas, which are expected to become even more serious in the future, we will discuss the issues facing agriculture over the next 20 years. A group discussion was held under the theme of "Solution".During the discussion, ``To revitalize rural areas, it is necessary to brand rural areas and attract young people,'' and ``For sustainable agriculture, use chat GPT and AI to reduce chemical fertilizers and pesticides. A variety of ideas that utilize specialized knowledge from the perspective of the younger generation were presented, such as suppressing the outbreak of pests with coprosperous crops), and introducing smart agricultural machinery that can handle the elderly by using AI to deal with the lack of workers. it was done.
　Toba National College of Technology will continue to cooperate with the Tokai Agricultural Administration Bureau (based in Mie Prefecture) and work to solve local issues.

Group discussion with Agricultural Administration Bureau staff (center)

Deputy Director Kato of the Tokai Agricultural Administration Bureau giving a comment

Group photo after the discussion meeting