An event called "Online Observational Study Visit
on New Environmentally Controlled Agriculture Models in Japan" was
organized by the Asian Productivity Organization (APO), of which we are a member,
between 27-29 July 2021. Mustafa Hakan BALCI, the technical staff of our
Institute's Plant Pests Department, participated in the workshop where guests
from Türkiye, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of
China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam took part. In APO member
countries, presentations related to new
approaches to increase agricultural productivity and stable food supply,
introducing environmentally controlled farming models in Japan, including
advanced greenhouses and plant factories, monitoring and control technologies
to facilitate crop growth in a controlled environment were made by experts. The
participants of each country made presentations about the challenges and
opportunities of plant factory management in their country.
