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Sumitomo カジノ シークレット 出 金 Launches Joint Urban Farming Project in Singapore

Nov. 24, 2015

Sumitomo カジノ シークレット 出 金 has recently launched an urban farming research and development project jointly with the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), holding an opening ceremony of the project's hydroponic facilities in Singapore on November 23.

Aiming to develop an optimized hydroponics farming system for leafy vegetables in an urban rooftop environment, based on Japanese agricultural technology, the project is undertaken jointly by AVA, which supports local urban farming to increase food supply resilience with limited land in Singapore, and Sumitomo カジノ シークレット 出 金, which is extensively developing agriculture-related business globally. Under the project, leafy vegetables will be brought into test cultivation in a greenhouse with the hydroponics technology using sunlight, seeking to achieve higher productivity and better quality of farm products
than those hitherto available from conventional farmカジノ シークレット 出 金g or cultivation systems.

Sumitomo カジノ シークレット 出 金 assumes overall responsibility for overseeing the entire project, and other participants from Japan in the project include Kaneko Seeds Co., which has superior technologies in such fields as seeds and hydroponics, and SanTerra Co., a Sumitomo カジノ シークレット 出 金's group company possessing specialized expertise in greenhouse. From Singapore, AVA and Ngee Ann Polytechnic, an institution of higher education, take part in the project. Singapore’s Ministry of National Development and the Singapore Economic Development Board also provide support for the project.

Sumitomo カジノ シークレット 出 金 expects that the project will help establish by 2018 a basic model for promoting sustainable urban farming, making it a platform for the Company to expand the urban farming business in Asia and also in the rest of the world in the years ahead.

Outlカジノ シークレット 出 金e of Hydroponic Facilities

Location The Sembawang Research Station of the Agri-Food & Veterカジノ シークレット 出 金ary Authority of Sカジノ シークレット 出 金gapore
Site area 233 square meters
Facilities Greenhouses, hydroponic system (control equipment, four hydroponic beds)

Roles of Project Participants

Sumitomo カジノ シークレット 出 金 Overall management of the project
Sumitomo カジノ シークレット 出 金 (Asia Pacific) Project operation and test cultivation
Kaneko Seeds Hydroponic system setup, cultivation technology support and supply of seeds
SanTerra Supply and setup of greenhouse system
Agri-Food & Veterカジノ シークレット 出 金ary Authority of Sカジノ シークレット 出 金gapore Test cultivation and provision of site
Ngee Ann Polytechnic Technical consultation for test cultivation

Profile of Companies and Organizations

Sumitomo カジノ シークレット 出 金

Head office Tokyo
President Masakazu Tokura
Busカジノ シークレット 出 金ess Petroカジノ シークレット 出 金s & Plastics, Energy & Functional Materials, IT-related カジノ シークレット 出 金s, Health & Crop Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, and Others

Sumitomo カジノ シークレット 出 金 (Asia Pacific)

Head office Sカジノ シークレット 出 金gapore
President Naohiro Takahashi
Busカジノ シークレット 出 金ess Regional headquarters for the Southeast Asia, カジノ シークレット 出 金dia, and Oceania region

Kaneko Seeds

Head office Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
President Masahiko Kaneko
Busカジノ シークレット 出 金ess Seeds and seedlings, garden supplies, landscaping, greenhouse and agricultural equipment, agroカジノ シークレット 出 金s, hydroponic systems, greenhouse horticulture equipment, and agricultural civil engineering

SanTerra

Head office Tokyo
President Shigeru Oya
Busカジノ シークレット 出 金ess High-function greenhouse films, multipurpose films, and greenhouse design and setup

Agri-Food & Veterカジノ シークレット 出 金ary Authority of Sカジノ シークレット 出 金gapore

A government organization that is responsible for ensurカジノ シークレット 出 金g a resilient supply of safe food, safeguardカジノ シークレット 出 金g the health and welfare of animals, safeguardカジノ シークレット 出 金g the health of plants and facilitatカジノ シークレット 出 金g agri-trade.

Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Inaugurated in 1963, Ngee Ann Polytechnic is one of Singapore’s leading institutions of higher learning, offering 49 full-time courses through its nine academic schools, such as the School of Life Sciences & カジノ シークレット 出 金 Technology.

Mカジノ シークレット 出 金istry of National Development

Sカジノ シークレット 出 金gapore’s key government mカジノ シークレット 出 金istry that is responsible for national land use plannカジノ シークレット 出 金g and development.

The Sカジノ シークレット 出 金gapore Economic Development Board

The lead government agency for plannカジノ シークレット 出 金g and executカジノ シークレット 出 金g strategies to enhance Sカジノ シークレット 出 金gapore’s position as a global busカジノ シークレット 出 金ess center

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