オンラインカジノサイト Sustainable production of raw materials
Addressing global warming caused by climate change and conserving natural capital is an urgent task for the Calbee Group. We are working together with our stakeholders, including contract producers, on initiatives to ensure stable quality and procurement of potatoes, our key ingredient, and promote improvement オンラインカジノサイト the sustainability of agriculture.
Improving sustainability of agriculture through potato research
Development of new potato varieties
The major risks we face オンラインカジノサイト the procurement of potatoes are declines オンラインカジノサイト quantity and quality due to global warming resulting from climate change, as well as the spread of pests and diseases, including potato cyst nematodes. オンラインカジノサイト response, we are collaborating with research institutions オンラインカジノサイト Japan and abroad to develop new potato varieties that are resistant to heat and disease, thereby adapting to climate change.The Poroshiri variety, registered as a new proprietary variety by the Calbee Group オンラインカジノサイト 2017, is more pest-resistant than existing varieties and is expected to yield larger harvests. We will continue to promote its cultivation. We will also continue to work on improving our breeding and development technologies for varieties that are resistant to climate change, and introduce new varieties to ensure a stable supply of potatoes.
Poroshiri registered as a new variety
Harvesting at a field where the Calbee Potato Research Institute develops new potato varieties
Labor-saving オンラインカジノサイト agriculture
The number of agricultural workers primarily engaged オンラインカジノサイト farming has been on a downward trend, declining by about 22% from 1,757,000 オンラインカジノサイト 2015 to 1,363,000 オンラインカジノサイト 2020*. Reducing their workload and stabilizing their income are major issues, also from the perspective of securing farmhands.Potatoes are a particularly labor-intensive crop among farm products. The Calbee Group has been providing a broad range of cultivation and harvesting support to help reduce the workload of contract producers. One form of such support is our contractor business. By introducing the use of large machinery, we help farmers オンラインカジノサイト their more labor-intensive harvesting tasks, which leads to an increase オンラインカジノサイト the planted acreage of potatoes.
*Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. “FY2021 White Paper on Food, Agriculture, and Rural Areas”
Large agricultural machinery used オンラインカジノサイト contractor business
Dispersion of potato production areas
Most recently, the potato harvest decreased significantly オンラインカジノサイト 2021 due to a drought オンラインカジノサイト the Tokachi, Abashiri, and Kamikawa regions of Hokkaido. To address the risks posed by climate change to potato procurement, the Calbee Group is making efforts to diversify farming areas オンラインカジノサイト Hokkaido and expand potato production to regions such as Tohoku and northern Kyushu.オンラインカジノサイト these new potato-growing areas, we are implementing initiatives suited to the respective conditions, including lending out agricultural machinery for cultivation and harvest. オンラインカジノサイト Miyagi Prefecture, a potato-producing area オンラインカジノサイト the Tohoku region, we shared with contract producers the details of measures to prevent potato rot and early withering caused by heavy rains that result オンラインカジノサイト reduced yields. We took measures to ensure drainage for approximately 85% of the contracted areas, leading to improved harvests.
Drainage improvement work at a field (Miyagi Prefecture)
Promoting agricultural sustainability オンラインカジノサイト collaboration with stakeholders
Partnership agreement with the Hokuren Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives
オンラインカジノサイト 2020, Calbee entered into a partnership agreement with the Hokuren Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives (“Hokuren”) to promote potatoes and other agricultural produce grown オンラインカジノサイト Hokkaido. We are collaborating on all aspects of the agricultural business, from the expansion of potato cultivation areas, storage and logistics, and the development of new products. By leveraging our respective strengths through this partnership, we aim to develop a collaborative business model that promotes agriculture オンラインカジノサイト Hokkaido and throughout the rest of the country. By launching Calbee products jointly developed with Hokuren, we are able to make an ongoing continuous contribution to the promotion of agriculture.
Column: Reducing environmental impact through transportation using large, high-speed cargo ships
Our collaboration with Hokuren extends beyond potato cultivation and product development to improving transportation methods. Generally, potatoes produced オンラインカジノサイト various parts of Hokkaido are transported overland to Tomakomai Port, where they are loaded onto ships and shipped to Calbee's factory. However, shipping potatoes produced オンラインカジノサイト Abashiri and other locations far from Tomakomai by land takes a considerable amount of time to reach Tomakomai Port. To address this issue, we are collaborating with Hokuren to transport potatoes harvested オンラインカジノサイト Abashiri on the Hokuren Maru, a large, high-speed cargo ship that services the route between Kushiro Port and Hitachi Port, thereby shortening the distance and time for land transport and reducing the environmental impact through modal shift.
Hokuren Maru