OREANDA-NEWS. Asahi Shuzo Co., Ltd. and Fujitsu Limited today announced the start of a new initiative for the increased production and stable procurement of Yamada Nishiki, the type of rice used to make the Dassai brand of sake, which is brewed and marketed by Asahi Shuzo.

In April 2014, Asahi Shuzo and Fujitsu deployed the Agricultural Production Management SaaS of Fujitsu's Akisai Food and Agriculture Cloud and multi-sensing networks at farms in Yamaguchi Prefecture that produce the Yamada Nishiki type of rice to collect and accumulate cultivation data in order to visualize work activity and production costs.

Based on this accumulated cultivation data, and with the support of agricultural producers, Asahi Shuzo aims to establish stable cultivation technology, while providing cultivation know-how to new producers just starting production of Yamada Nishiki, thereby enhancing initiatives to increase the production of this variety of rice.

Through its Akisai cloud service, Fujitsu intends to support movement toward a new enterprise management style that will improve agriculture and food markets, while bringing about a future of plentiful food, where safe, secure, and delicious food products are available at any time.