Decline and Aging of the Agricultural Workforce and Expansion of Demand for Grafted Seedlings
First written in FY2016. 10 of 11 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「As of 1 February 2025, there were 828,000 agricultural management entities, a decrease of 247,000 entities (23.0%) from the previous survey five years earlier.」
The 2025 Census of Agriculture and Forestry updates the figures for the structural trend of declining and aging agricultural management entities alongside continued incorporation and expansion in scale. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「While cultivated area is shrinking due to the aging agricultural workforce and labour shortages, sales of watermelon seedlings increased as producers shifted from raising seedlings themselves to purchasing seedlings following generational changes. Sales of green pepper seedlings for the Kanto region also increased as production capacity expanded.」
The structural shift is being reaffirmed: an aging agricultural workforce and labor shortages are reducing cultivated acreage, while generational succession among producers is driving a shift to purchased seedlings. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「According to the Census of Agriculture and Forestry released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on 30 June 2021, the number of agricultural management entities as of 1 February 2020 was 1.092 million, down 312,000 entities, or 22.2%, from the previous survey five years earlier.」
The decline and aging of agricultural management entities, together with progress in incorporation and expansion in scale, were updated as structural facts of the business environment. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「At the same time, the agricultural sector is seeing continued aging among the workers who support it and a shortage of successors. As more people leave farming, abandoned farmland is expanding and agricultural production is trending downward.」
The Company continues to recognise the aging agricultural workforce, the shortage of successors, people leaving farming, the expansion of abandoned farmland and the decline in agricultural production as business-environment factors. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「As new technologies such as AI, IoT and robotics advance, a range of initiatives are being undertaken to realise smart agriculture using these technologies. The Company is also pursuing initiatives for the future of agriculture, including involvement in IT-enabled agriculture and robot development.」
In addition to recognising the aging agricultural workforce, labour shortages and a shrinking domestic market as operating conditions, the Company describes the progress of smart agriculture and new technologies as part of the business environment. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In neighbouring China, agricultural structural reform is advancing rapidly as part of rural revitalisation, with policy promoting modern agriculture centred on the entry of companies and involving larger-scale, more concentrated and more mechanised operations. Attention to seeds and seedlings, particularly in vegetable production, is increasing steadily.」
The Company states that agricultural structural reform and modernisation are progressing in China and that attention to seeds and seedlings in vegetable production is increasing. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「The agricultural sector continues to face longstanding issues, including an aging agricultural workforce and labour shortages, shrinking food consumption due to the declining and aging population, and an expansion of abandoned farmland. At the same time, imports of agricultural products for processing and commercial use from overseas are increasing, and more Japanese farmers have begun expanding overseas.」
The Group continues to identify the aging agricultural workforce, labour shortages, population decline and shrinking food consumption as difficult operating conditions. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Amid the continuing difficult environment of a shrinking domestic market, an aging agricultural workforce and a shortage of successors, the Group is actively investing in domestic facilities and research and technology development to expand its business, while also actively promoting its overseas operations.」
The Group continues to identify the shrinking domestic market, the aging of agricultural workers and the shortage of successors as a difficult business environment. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Amid the continuing difficult environment of a shrinking domestic market, an aging agricultural workforce and a shortage of successors, the Group is actively investing in domestic facilities and research and technology development to expand its business, while also actively promoting its overseas operations.」
The Group continues to identify the shrinking domestic market, the aging of agricultural workers and the shortage of successors as a difficult business environment. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「In 2016, total agricultural output was ¥9.2025 trillion, up 4.6% year on year, but approximately 21% below the peak of ¥11.7171 trillion in 1984. Output of vegetables in 2016 was ¥2.5567 trillion, up 6.9% year on year, accounting for 27.8% of the total.」
While showing the long-term contraction of agriculture as a whole, the Company explains that vegetables account for a substantial amount and proportion of output and retain relatively strong competitiveness within domestic agriculture. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「As of 1 February 2015, the agricultural workforce stood at 2.09 million, down 510,000 people, or 19.5%, from the previous survey five years earlier. The average age was 66.4, with people aged 65 or over accounting for 63.5%, indicating continued aging. Demand for purchased vegetable grafted seedlings has been trending upward in response to these changes in the agricultural sector, and the market is expected to continue expanding.」
While recognising the decline and aging of the agricultural workforce as factors contributing to market contraction, the Company explains that the grafted-seedling market will expand as farms increasingly outsource seedling production and purchase seedlings.