Fukui City's 農園たや won the top Emperor's Cup award in the Diversified Management category at the Japan Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Festival. Its efforts to develop and employ foreign workers and promote digitalization were highly regarded.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced the recipients of the Japan Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Festival awards on the 13th. 農園たや of Fukui City, led by President Taya Toru (田谷徹), was selected for the Emperor's Cup in the Diversified Management category. It is the first Emperor's Cup awarded in Fukui Prefecture, across all categories, with the farm's efforts to develop foreign workers and promote DX recognized.
農園たや produces 14 types of vegetables, primarily baby leaf greens. Since 2008, it has accepted Indonesians as technical intern trainees and other workers and has advanced workforce development with their career development after returning home in mind. Eight people currently work there, and the number of workers it has introduced to farms in Fukui Prefecture in cooperation with the prefectural government and Indonesia exceeds 50.
The farm is also pursuing the digitalization of agricultural work and developed an in-house app to visualize work procedures. It has established a system that reduces errors in verbal communication and enables everyone to work efficiently, while managing work hours and shipment volumes through the app. It is using AI to analyze the accumulated data and optimize production planning.