Agro-Kanesho

We are responsible to our employees who are engaged in our business. We are responsible for relevant local societies with our business and in turn whole society. We are responsible to our stockholders. Always attentive to growers' needs and aspirations, AGRO-KANESHO shows the way forward President Agriculture in Japan is facing challenges. In addit... ion to concerns about the impact of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CP TPP) and the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EU-Japan EPA), both of which will come into force in the near future, the aging of growers, the lack of successors, and labor shortages have become serious issues. Moreover, systems and structures for providing instructions and information about agricultural technologies, including pest control, seem to be weakening in general. On the other hand, the ratio of large-scale farms run by younger generations and farming corporations has been increasing and the Japanese government has started implementing concrete measures to enhance the competitiveness of Japan's agriculture. AGRO-KANESHO is pursuing various initiatives with growers. Since the establishment of AGRO-KANESHO in 1951, we have adhered to a persistent, grower-centric approach in both sales activities and product development, centering on diffusion of technologies. The soil analysis and diagnosis services we launched in January 2015 are clearly meeting the expectations of numerous farmers, as indicated by the significant increase in the number of contracts received each year. We received about 3,000 contracts for these services last year. KANESHO Farm is an initiative in which we work with them at their farms to resolve their issues and achieve targets by deploying our accumulated knowledge and experience in agrochemicals and applying soil analysis for their benefit. In 2018, we launched a new service to support growers in their efforts to gain GLOBAL GAP (GLOBAL Good Agricultural Practices) certification. We are committed to increasing our ...Read More