WO2023127852A1

WO2023127852A1 - Agriculture assistance device and agriculture assistance system

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Publication number: WO2023127852A1
Application number: PCT/JP2022/048114
Authority: WO
Inventors: 克志辻村; 翔太千葉; 康史松元; 周作藤本; 美沙子京村
Original assignee: 株式会社クボタ
Priority date: 2021-12-28
Filing date: 2022-12-27
Publication date: 2023-07-06
Also published as: JP2023097996A

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to stabilize the production of agricultural crops by producers.　An agriculture assistance device (1) comprises: an information acquisition unit (11) that acquires agricultural field information related to a plurality of agricultural fields (H1) in which a plurality of producers produce agricultural crops; a farm setting unit (12) that sets, on the basis of the agricultural field information acquired by the information acquisition unit (11), a virtual farm (H2) in which the plurality of agricultural fields (H1) are combined; a plan formulation unit (13) that formulates a production plan for producing agricultural crops in the virtual farm (H2), and modifies the production plan; and an information output unit (14) that outputs the production plan. An agriculture assistance system (100) includes the agriculture assistance device (1), and a producer terminal device (2) that is managed by each of a plurality of producers who produce agricultural crops, and that communicates with the agriculture assistance device (1).

Description

Agricultural support equipment, agricultural support system

The present invention relates to an agricultural support device and an agricultural support system that support agriculture by producers of agricultural products.

Systems disclosed in

Patent Documents

1 and 2, for example, are known to support agriculture by producers of agricultural products.

The plant cultivation management system disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a plan determination device that determines a plant cultivation plan based on a producer's management policy and a plant growth simulation, and controls the plant surrounding environment and gives work instructions to workers. an environment/work control device; a management execution device that manages the relationship between a plan index value related to a cultivation plan determined by the plan determination device and an actual index value for plant cultivation obtained by the environment/work control device; It has The management execution device provides the plan determination device with actual/predicted index value information and work content information, acquires the index value plan information from the plan determination device, and sends work content change information and plant surrounding information to the environment/work control device. The environment control policy is provided, and the actual work content information, plant index value record information, and plant surrounding environment and biometric record information are acquired from the environment/work control device.

The crop cultivation interlocking system disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a simulation server that provides a crop cultivation simulation game interlocked with cultivation in a real field. The simulation server includes a cultivation situation recording unit that records the cultivation situation including a yield parameter that determines the yield of the virtual crops, and an automatic grower that automatically grows the virtual crops while updating the cultivation situation. A growth control unit, a growth correction control unit that receives information that a disaster has occurred in a real farm field and performs correction processing to forcibly decrease the yield parameter, and a user of the real farm product according to the yield parameter. and an allocation amount determination unit that determines the allocation amount to.

Japanese Patent Publication "JP 2021-12483" Japanese Patent Publication "Patent No. 5973153"

There are many producers of agricultural products engaged in agriculture, but each producer is mostly independent and arbitrarily produces the desired agricultural products and ships them to the market. As a result, the balance between the supply and demand of agricultural products deteriorates, resulting in an excess or deficiency in the supply of agricultural products and fluctuations in the price of agricultural products, and there is a risk that producers will not be able to produce agricultural products stably.

Therefore, in view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to stabilize the production of agricultural products by producers.

The technical means of the present invention for solving the above technical problems are characterized by the following points.

An agricultural support device according to an aspect of the present invention includes an information acquisition unit that acquires field information about a plurality of fields where a plurality of producers produce crops, respectively; a farm setting unit that sets a virtual farm that combines the plurality of fields, a planning unit that formulates a production plan for producing crops in the virtual farm and corrects the production plan, and the production plan and an information output unit that outputs the

The information output unit may transmit the production plan to a producer terminal device managed by the producer.

The information acquisition unit may acquire the farm field information from the producer terminal device managed by each producer, and the plan formulation unit may formulate or modify the production plan based on the farm field information. .

The plan formulation unit may formulate or modify the production plan based on the actual production of crops in the field included in the field information.

The information acquisition unit acquires producer information about the producer from the producer terminal device managed by each producer, and the plan formulation unit formulates or modifies the production plan based on the producer information. You may

The plan formulation unit may formulate or modify the production plan based on the producer's request or the producer's production capacity of agricultural products included in the producer information.

The farm setting unit extracts the sizes of the farm fields managed by the producers from a plurality of the farm field information respectively acquired by the information acquisition unit from the producer terminal devices managed by the producers, The sizes may be totaled to set the virtual farm larger than the field.

The farm setting unit partitions the virtual farm so as to correspond to each of the plurality of farm fields to set virtual farms, and the planning unit formulates and corrects the production plan for each of the virtual farms. may

The planning unit may determine at least crops to be cultivated in each virtual field as the production plan.

The planning unit may determine at least agricultural work to be performed in each of the virtual farms as the production plan.

The planning unit may determine agricultural machines or materials to be used at least in each of the virtual farms as the production plan.

The information acquisition unit may acquire demand information regarding the demand for agricultural products, and the plan formulation unit may formulate or modify the production plan based on the demand information acquired by the information acquisition unit.

The agricultural support device includes a supply calculation unit that calculates a predicted supply value of agricultural products when the agricultural products are produced in the virtual farm based on the production plan, and a consumer terminal device managed by a plurality of consumers of the agricultural products. a demand calculation unit that calculates a demand forecast value for agricultural products based on a plurality of pieces of the demand information respectively acquired by the information acquisition unit, and the planning unit calculates the supply forecast value and the demand forecast value. Based on this, the production plan may be formulated or modified.

The agriculture support device may include a demand proposal unit that proposes promotion or suppression of demand for agricultural products based on the production plan.

The agriculture support device may include a production proposal unit that proposes agricultural work for producing crops in the field based on the production plan.

An agriculture support system according to another aspect of the present invention includes the agriculture support device, and a producer terminal device managed by each of a plurality of producers who produce crops and communicating with the agriculture support device.

The agricultural support system may include a consumer terminal device managed by a consumer who needs agricultural products and communicating with the agricultural support device.

According to the present invention, it is possible to stabilize the production of agricultural products by producers.

It is a lineblock diagram of an agriculture support system. It is the figure which showed an example of the information which an agriculture support apparatus acquires. It is the figure which showed an example of a field and a virtual farm. It is the figure which showed an example of the information output from an agriculture support apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation|movement of an agriculture support apparatus and a terminal device. FIG. 5B is a flow chart showing an example of the operation following FIG. 5A; FIG. FIG. 5B is a flow chart showing another example of the operation following FIG. 5A; FIG. It is the figure which showed an example of the screen which inputs a producer's request. It is a figure which shows an example of farm field information and producer information. It is a figure which shows an example of demand information. It is a figure which shows an example of a production plan. It is a figure which shows the other example of farm field information and producer information. It is a figure which shows the other example of a production plan. It is a figure which shows another example of farm field information, demand information, and a production plan. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the ratio of the total production performance area for each agricultural product; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the ratio of total production area for each crop in a virtual farm; It is a flowchart which shows the modification of operation|movement of an agriculture support apparatus and a terminal device.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the configuration of the agriculture support system 100 and the agriculture support device 1 of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an agriculture support system 100 of this embodiment. The agriculture support system 100 includes an agriculture support device 1 , a producer terminal device 2 and a consumer terminal device 3 . The agriculture support device 1 is composed of, for example, a server installed in a management center, a personal computer, or the like.

The producer terminal device 2 is composed of a personal computer, smartphone, tablet device, or the like managed by the producer who produces the crops. Although three producer terminal devices 2 are illustrated in FIG. 1, the number of producer terminal devices 2 is not limited to three. Producers include, for example, individual farmers or farming organizations. Since there are many producers regardless of region, there are also many producer terminal devices 2 managed by each producer. A producer-controlled personal computer, smart phone, or tablet device is a personal computer, smart phone, or tablet device operated or owned by the producer.

The consumer terminal device 3 is composed of a personal computer, smartphone, tablet device, or the like managed by the consumer of agricultural products. Although three consumer terminal devices 3 are illustrated in FIG. 1, the number of consumer terminal devices 3 is not limited to three. Consumers include, for example, food service companies, organizations such as supermarkets, other retailers, and business owners who sell agricultural products at markets. Since there are many consumers regardless of region, there are also many consumer terminal devices 3 managed by each consumer. A consumer-managed personal computer, smart phone, or tablet device is a personal computer, smart phone, or tablet device operated or owned by a consumer.

Hereinafter, the producer terminal device 2 will simply be referred to as the "producer terminal 2", and the consumer terminal device 3 will be simply referred to as the "consumer terminal 3". Also, the producer terminal 2 and the consumer terminal 3 are collectively referred to as "

terminal devices

2 and 3".

The agriculture support device 1 includes a control unit 4, a storage unit 5, and a communication unit 7. The control unit 4 is composed of a CPU (or microcomputer), a memory, and the like. The control unit 4 is provided with an information acquisition unit 11, a farm setting unit 12, a plan formulation unit 13, an information output unit 14, a supply calculation unit 15, a demand calculation unit 16, a production proposal unit 17, and a demand proposal unit 18. there is Each of these units 11 to 18 is configured by software in this example, but may be configured by hardware such as ASIC or FPGA.

The storage unit 5 is composed of a nonvolatile memory device, hard disk, or the like. The storage unit 5 stores control information of the control unit 4 and various types of information and data such as transmission/reception information for the

terminal devices

2 and 3 . Further, in the storage unit 5, an agricultural database (DB) 6 storing various kinds of information for farming in fields is constructed.

The communication unit 7 is composed of communication circuits or communication devices for communication via public communication networks and the Internet. The agricultural support device 1 communicates with the

terminal devices

2 and 3 via the public communication network and the Internet through the communication unit 7 . As another example, for example, the agricultural support device 1 may communicate with the

terminal devices

2 and 3 via a dedicated line or a short-range communication network.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of information acquired by the agricultural support device 1 from the

terminal devices

2 and 3. FIG. The information acquisition unit 11 (FIG. 1) of the agriculture support device 1 acquires farm field information related to farm fields where producers produce crops and producer information related to producers from a plurality of producer terminals 2 through the communication unit 7. (receive).

A producer manages one or more fields, and by operating the producer terminal 2 that he/she manages, inputs field information for each field he/she manages to the producer terminal 2. Field information includes, for example, field identification information, field location, field size (area, etc.), field manager (producer) identification number, field position (coordinates, etc.), field outline, field Types of crops produced in the farm, production status of crops in the field (whether or not the crops are currently being produced, type of crops being produced, number of crops produced, production area, production start date and time, growth status, etc.), or field (presence or absence of production of agricultural products in the past, types of produced agricultural products, number of production, production area, production period, matching rate of produced agricultural products with the area, etc.). However, farm field information is not limited to these pieces of information.

The producer inputs his/her own producer information into the producer terminal 2 by operating the producer terminal 2 that it manages. Producer information includes, for example, identification information of producers, identification information of fields to be managed, requests of producers (agricultural products desired to be produced, timing of agricultural work, content of agricultural work, etc.), production of agricultural products by producers, etc. Ability (producible crops, production capacity of the relevant crops, agricultural machinery, work equipment, manpower managed by the producer, etc.), personal information of the producer (name, address, contact information, date of birth, etc.), Alternatively, it includes the production results of agricultural products (presence or absence of production of agricultural products in the past, types of agricultural products that were produced, number of production, production area, production period). However, producer information is not limited to these pieces of information.

The information acquisition unit 11 acquires (receives) demand information regarding the demand for agricultural products from a plurality of consumer terminals 3 through the communication unit 7 . By operating the managed consumer terminal 3 , the consumer inputs the demand information of the agricultural products that he or she needs to the consumer terminal 3 . The demand information includes, for example, the type of crop, the amount of demand (requested amount), the time of need, the variety, the place of production, or the size. However, the demand information is not limited to these pieces of information.

As another example, the information acquisition unit 11 may acquire field information about a plurality of fields and producer information about a plurality of producers from an external device other than the producer terminal 2 . Further, the information acquisition unit 11 may acquire demand information regarding the demand for agricultural products from an external device other than the consumer terminal 3 .

The farm setting unit 12 (FIG. 1) of the agriculture support device 1 sets a virtual farm that combines a plurality of farm fields managed by a plurality of producers, based on the plurality of farm field information acquired by the information acquisition unit 11. . FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a field and a virtual farm.

A plurality of farm field information acquired from a plurality of producer terminals 2 by the information acquisition unit 11 includes the size (area) of a plurality of farm fields H1 managed by each producer. The farm setting unit 12 extracts the size of each field H1 from a plurality of field information, adds up the sizes, and sets a virtual farm (virtual large farm) H2 larger than each field H1, as shown in FIG. do. Further, the farm setting unit 12 partitions the virtual farm H2 so as to correspond to each of the plurality of farm fields H1, and sets the virtual farm field H1a. That is, the virtual farm H2 is composed of a plurality of virtual fields H1a.

The plan formulation unit 13 (Fig. 1) formulates a production plan for producing crops on the virtual farm H2 set by the farm setting unit 12, and modifies the production plan. In addition, the plan formulating unit 13 formulates or modifies a production plan for each virtual farm field H1a partitioned by the farm setting unit 12 . Also, the plan formulating unit 13 formulates or modifies a production plan based on the farm field information, the producer information, or the demand information acquired by the information acquiring unit 11 .

In addition, as a production plan, the plan formulation unit 13 includes crops to be cultivated in each virtual field H1a, farm work to be performed in each virtual field H1a, agricultural machines to be used in each virtual field H1a, working devices or materials connected to the agricultural machines. (fertilizers, chemicals, water, fuel for agricultural machinery, etc., and their usage fees). The plan formulation unit 13 also determines, as a production plan, a schedule of farm work to be carried out to produce crops in each virtual farm field H1a.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of information output (transmitted) by the agriculture support device 1 to the

terminal devices

2 and 3. The information output unit 14 ( FIG. 1 ) of the agriculture support device 1 outputs (transmits) the production plan formulated and corrected by the plan formulation unit 13 to the producer terminal 2 through the communication unit 7 . The production plan includes, for example, the identification information of the virtual farm H2, the identification information of the virtual field H1a, the size (area) and location of the field corresponding to the virtual field H1a, the type of crops to be produced in the virtual field H1a, and the production method (farming method). ), farm work to be performed, agricultural machinery, work equipment and materials to be used, or farm work schedule.

As shown in FIG. 1, the agricultural support device 1 is electrically connected to an output device 8 such as a display or printer. The information output unit 14 can also output the production plan formulated and modified by the plan formulation unit 13 and other information through the output device 8 (that is, display on a display and printing on paper by a printer).

The supply calculation unit 15 calculates the predicted supply value of agricultural products when the agricultural products are produced in the virtual farm H2 based on the production plan formulated or modified by the plan formulation unit 13 . The predicted supply value of agricultural products includes, for example, the total production amount of agricultural products (total harvest) or the total area of the farm field H1 in which the agricultural products are produced (total production area). The demand calculation unit 16 calculates a demand forecast value for agricultural products based on the demand information acquired by the information acquisition unit 11 . The demand forecast value includes, for example, the total amount of demand for crops (total demand), or the total area of fields H1 where crops are produced to obtain the total amount of demand (total demanded area). The plan formulation unit 13 formulates or corrects a production plan based on the predicted supply value of agricultural products calculated by the supply calculation unit 15 and the predicted demand value of agricultural products calculated by the demand calculation unit 16 .

The demand proposal unit 18 proposes promotion or suppression of demand for agricultural products based on the production plan formulated or modified by the plan formulation unit 13. As shown in FIG. 4 , the information output unit 14 outputs (transmits) a proposal for promotion or suppression of demand for agricultural products from the demand proposal unit 18 to the consumer terminal 3 through the communication unit 7 . The proposal for promoting demand for agricultural products includes information (such as a message) to promote sales of agricultural products. The proposal to suppress the demand for agricultural products includes information (such as a message) to the effect that sales of agricultural products will be suppressed.

The production proposal unit 17 (Fig. 1) proposes farm work for producing crops in the field H1 based on the production plan formulated or modified by the plan formulation unit 13. As shown in FIG. 4 , the information output unit 14 outputs (transmits) the farm work proposal from the production proposal unit 17 to the producer terminal 2 through the communication unit 7 . Agricultural work proposals may include, for example, the implementation of fertilization, chemical, or water spraying operations (the amount of these applications), the implementation (or non-implementation) of other agricultural operations, the early shipment of agricultural products, or the necessary agricultural machinery and work equipment. and information (messages, etc.) recommending manual procurement. In addition to these, agricultural production methods, know-how, or other advice may be included in the farm work proposal.

Next, the operations of the agriculture support device 1 and the

terminal devices

2 and 3 will be explained. 5A and 5B are flowcharts showing an example of operations of the agricultural support device 1 and the

terminal devices

2 and 3. FIG. FIG. 5B shows the operation continued from FIG. 5A. In FIGS. 5A and 5B, for the sake of convenience, the series of operations of the producer terminal 2 and the consumer terminal 3 are shown one by one. ), a series of operations shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B are executed in each producer terminal 2 and each consumer terminal 3 .

When farm field information and producer information are transmitted from a plurality of producer terminals 2 (S1 in FIG. 5A), the farm field information and producer information are received by the communication unit 7 of the agriculture support device 1, It is acquired by the information acquisition unit 11 (S2). At this time, the information acquisition unit 11 causes the storage unit 5 to store the acquired farm field information and producer information. Then, the farm setting unit 12 sets the virtual farm H2 and the virtual farm H1a as described above based on the plurality of farm field information acquired by the information acquisition unit 11 (S3, see FIG. 3).

Further, when demand information is transmitted from a plurality of consumer terminals 3 (S4 in FIG. 5A), each demand information is received by the communication unit 7 of the agriculture support device 1 and acquired by the information acquisition unit 11 ( S5). At this time, the information acquisition unit 11 causes the storage unit 5 to store the acquired demand information. Then, the plan formulating unit 13 formulates a production plan for producing crops in the virtual farm H2 based on the farm field information, the producer information, or the demand information acquired by the information acquiring unit 11 (S6). At this time, the plan formulation unit 13 creates a production plan for each virtual farm field H1a of the virtual farm H2 based on one or more of the various types of information included in each of the farm field information, the producer information, and the demand information. Formulate.

Specifically, for example, the plan formulation unit 13 determines the production performance of agricultural products in the agricultural field H1 included in the agricultural field information, the production capacity of the agricultural products by the producer included in the producer information, or the demand amount of the agricultural products included in the demand information. , a production plan is formulated for each virtual field H1a of the virtual farm H2. In addition to these, field information (e.g. outline of field H1, production status of crops in field H1, etc.), producer information (e.g., production results of crops by producers, etc.), or demand information (e.g., required time, size of crops, etc.) etc.), the plan formulation unit 13 may formulate a production plan for each virtual farm field H1a.

After formulating the production plan, the plan formulating unit 13 confirms the request of the producer included in the producer information, and the production plan for the virtual field H1a corresponding to the field H1 managed by the producer satisfies the request of the producer. or not. Here, if the production plan for the virtual field H1a does not satisfy the request of the corresponding producer (S7: NO), the plan formulation unit 13 adjusts the production plan for the virtual field H1a so as to satisfy the request of the producer. is corrected (S8). As a result, the production plan of the virtual farm H2 composed of a plurality of virtual fields H1a is also corrected. In addition, in the judgment (S7) as to whether or not the requests of the producers are satisfied, the plan formulation unit 13 can satisfy at least one or more of the requests of the plurality of producers, or a predetermined number or more of the requests. If possible, it may be determined that the request of the producer has been met.

Next, the supply calculation unit 15 calculates the predicted supply value of the crops when the crops are produced in the virtual farm H2 based on the production plan formulated by the plan formulation unit 13 (S9). At this time, for example, the supply calculation unit 15 determines the size (area) of the virtual farm H2 included in the production plan, the production results of the agricultural products in the field H1 included in the field information, and the statistics of the yield of the agricultural products included in the agricultural database 6. Data, weather information, etc. are referred to, and the total amount of crops produced in the virtual farm H2 is calculated as a predicted supply value using a predetermined formula or stochastically.

Also, the demand calculation unit 16 calculates a demand forecast value for agricultural products based on the demand information acquired by the information acquisition unit 11 (S10). At this time, for example, the supply calculation unit 15 uses the total demand amount (total demand amount) obtained by summing the demand amounts (request amounts) of agricultural products included in all of the demand information acquired by the information acquisition unit 11 as a demand forecast value. Calculate.

Then, the planning unit 13 determines whether or not the demand for agricultural products is satisfied based on the predicted supply value (total production) and the predicted demand value (total demand) for each agricultural product. Specifically, for example, the planning unit 13 compares the predicted supply value (total production) and the predicted demand value (total demand) for each crop, and if the predicted supply value is less than the predicted demand value, It is determined that the demand for agricultural products is not met (S11: NO in FIG. 5B). Then, the plan formulation unit 13 appropriately corrects the production plan for one or more virtual farms H1a so as to satisfy the demand, that is, so that the predicted supply value is greater than or equal to the predicted demand value (S12). This also corrects the production plan of the virtual farm H2.

After the production plan is formulated or corrected by the plan formulation unit 13 as described above, the information output unit 14 transmits the production plan of each virtual field H1a to the production plan of the manager (producer) of the corresponding field H1 through the communication unit 7. It transmits (outputs) to the user terminal 2 (S13).

When the producer terminal 2 receives the production plan from the agriculture support device 1, the production plan is stored in the storage unit of the producer terminal 2 (S14). After that, when the producer operates the producer terminal 2, the content of the production plan stored in the storage section of the producer terminal 2 is displayed on a display section such as a liquid crystal display or a touch panel provided in the producer terminal 2. (S15). Then, when the producer visually confirms the content of the production plan displayed on the display unit and inputs producer information including a new request regarding the production plan to the producer terminal 2, the producer information is is transmitted from the user terminal 2 to the agriculture support device 1 (S16). Also, when the producer inputs new farm field information to the producer terminal 2, the farm field information is transmitted from the producer terminal 2 to the agriculture support device 1 (S16).

In the agriculture support device 1, when the information acquisition unit 11 acquires the producer information or the farm field information from the producer terminal 2 by the communication unit 7 (S17), the plan formulation unit 13 acquires the producer information or the farm field information, and the production plan of the virtual farm field H1a corresponding to , it is determined whether correction of the production plan is necessary. At this time, for example, if the producer information includes a request to produce crops different from those indicated in the production plan of the virtual field H1a, or if the size (area) of the field H1 is changed. If it is included in the field information, the plan formulation unit 13 determines that the production plan for the virtual field H1a needs to be corrected (S18: YES). Then, the plan formulation unit 13 corrects the production plan for the virtual farm field H1a based on the producer information or the farm field information acquired by the information acquisition unit 11 (S19). The information output unit 14 transmits the production plan corrected by the plan formulation unit 13 to the producer terminal 2 through the communication unit 7 (S20).

On the other hand, if the producer information includes a request for agricultural work indicated in the production plan of the virtual field H1a, such as requesting provision of agricultural machinery or materials, the plan formulation unit 13 determines that it is unnecessary to modify the production plan for the virtual field H1a (S18: NO). In this case, the planning section 13 does not correct the production plan.

Next, the plan formulation unit 13 searches, for example, the agricultural database 6 (FIG. 1), confirms inventory information indicating the inventory of agricultural machinery or materials in pre-registered agricultural machinery dealers, agricultural support centers, etc. Determine availability of materials. Then, if the agricultural machinery or materials can be provided, the plan formulation unit 13 determines the number of available agricultural machinery or materials, the date and time, and the like. After that, the information output unit 14 sends back a reply (response to the request) including the decision result of the plan formulation unit 13 to the producer terminal 2 through the communication unit 7 (S21).

When the producer terminal 2 receives a reply from the agricultural support device 1 (S22), it stores the content of the reply (whether agricultural machinery or materials can be provided, and if it can be provided, the quantity and date and time that can be provided). After that, it is displayed on the display unit (S23). A producer who has visually recognized the content of the display can procure agricultural machinery or materials and carry out farm work according to the production plan.

Also, when the consumer inputs new demand information to the consumer terminal 3, the demand information is transmitted from the consumer terminal 3 to the agriculture support device 1 (S24). In the agriculture support device 1, when the information acquisition unit 11 acquires the demand information from the consumer terminal 3 through the communication unit 7 (S25), the planning unit 13 refers to the demand information and the production plan of the virtual farm H2. and determine whether it is necessary to revise the production plan. Here, when the planning unit 13 determines that correction is necessary (S26: YES), it corrects the production plan of the virtual farm H2 based on the demand information (S27). The information output unit 14 transmits the production plan corrected by the plan formulation unit 13 to the producer terminal 2 through the communication unit 7 (S28).

After that, in the agriculture support device 1, the processing from S7 in FIG. 5A onwards is executed. In the producer terminal 2, for example, the processing from S14 onward in FIG. 5B is repeatedly executed. In the consumer terminal 3, for example, the process S24 of FIG. 5B is repeatedly executed.

FIG. 5C is a flowchart showing another example of operations of the agricultural support device 1 and the

terminal devices

2 and 3. Specifically, FIG. 5C shows the operation following the operation of the agricultural support device 1 and the

terminal devices

2 and 3 shown in FIG. 5A. That is, the operation shown in FIG. 5C is performed instead of the operation shown in FIG. 5B. In FIG. 5C, the same reference numerals are given to the same processes as those shown in FIG. 5B.

In FIG. 5A, after the processes S1 to S10 are executed as described above, the plan formulation unit 13 of the agriculture support device 1 determines that, for example, the supply forecast value of agricultural products based on the production plan is changed to the demand for agricultural products based on the demand information. If it is less than the predicted value and if the predicted supply value is equal to or greater than a predetermined excess value greater than the predicted demand value, it is determined that the demand for the crop is not met (S31: NO in FIG. 5C). In this case, next, the plan formulation unit 13 corrects the production plans of the virtual field H1a and the virtual farm H2 (S12), and the information output unit 14 transmits the corrected production plan to each producer terminal 2 via the communication unit 7. It transmits (outputs) (S13). In addition, the demand proposal unit 18 proposes suppression or promotion of the demand (sales) of agricultural products based on the revised production plan, and the information output unit 14 transmits the proposal to one or more consumer terminals through the communication unit 7. 3 (S32).

When the consumer terminal 3 receives the proposal to suppress or promote the demand for agricultural products from the agriculture support device 1 (S33, after storing the content of the proposal, the display of the liquid crystal display or the touch panel provided in the consumer terminal 3 is displayed. (S34) Thus, when a proposal to curb the demand for agricultural products is displayed on the display unit of the consumer terminal 3, the consumer who sees the display may decide, for example, not to display the agricultural products in the store. In addition, when a proposal to promote the demand for agricultural products is displayed on the display unit of the consumer terminal 3, the consumer who visually recognizes the display may, for example, display the agricultural products in the store, Take measures to promote sales, such as advertising the sale of produce.

In the agricultural support device 1, the production proposal unit 17 proposes farm work for producing crops in the field H1 based on the revised production plan, and the information output unit 14 makes one or more of the proposals through the communication unit 7. is transmitted (output) to the producer terminal 2 (S35). Specifically, the production proposal unit 17 proposes, for example, addition or reduction of agricultural work such as fertilization, early shipment of agricultural products, or change of agricultural machinery or work equipment. The same proposal may be made by the production proposal unit 17 to a plurality of producer terminals 2, and the information output unit 14 may transmit the same proposal to each producer terminal 2, or The production proposal unit 17 may make different proposals, and the information output unit 14 may transmit each proposal to the corresponding producer terminal 2 .

When the producer terminal 2 receives the proposal from the agriculture support device 1 (S36), it stores the content of the proposal and displays it on the display unit (S37). After that, the producer visually recognizes the content of the farm work proposal displayed on the display unit, and determines whether or not to accept the proposal, or a response containing a request to the proposal (included in the producer information). ) is input to the producer terminal 2, the response is returned from the producer terminal 2 to the agriculture support device 1 (S38).

In the agriculture support device 1, when the information acquisition unit 11 acquires the response sent back from the producer terminal 2 by the communication unit 7 (S39), the planning unit 13 refers to the response and the production plan, and determines the production. Determine if the plan needs modification. At this time, for example, if the response from the producer terminal 2 includes acceptance of the proposal of the production proposal unit 17, the plan formulation unit 13 determines that the production plan does not need to be corrected (S40: NO), the process from step S7 in FIG. 5A onwards is executed.

Further, for example, if the response from the producer terminal 2 includes that the proposal of the production proposal unit 17 is not accepted, the plan formulation unit 13 determines that the production plan needs to be revised (see FIG. 5C S40: YES), correct the production plan (S41). The information output unit 14 transmits the production plan corrected by the plan formulation unit 13 to the producer terminal 2 through the communication unit 7 (S42). After that, the process from step S7 in FIG. 5A is executed.

Next, I will explain the requests of the producers. The request of the producer can be obtained by the agricultural support device 1 by the producer inputting it to the producer terminal device 2 and transmitting the producer information from the producer terminal device 2 to the agricultural support device 1 . FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen (request input screen) M10 for inputting a producer's request. This request input screen M10 is displayed on the display unit provided in the producer terminal device 2 by performing a predetermined operation on the producer terminal device 2. FIG. The producer terminal device 2 transmits the information input to the request input screen M10 to the agriculture support device 1 as producer information.

On the request input screen M10, it is possible to input the crops to be produced as the producer's request. In the request input screen M10, the actual production section 201 is a key for displaying agricultural products that the producer has produced in the past. For example, when the producer operates the producer terminal device 2 and selects the production result section 201, agricultural products that the producer has produced in the past are displayed in a pop-up on the request input screen M10.

The crop designation section 202 includes input fields 203 and 204 for directly entering crops that the producer wants to produce. Although two

input fields

203 and 204 are illustrated in FIG. 10, the number of input fields may be one or three or more. Further, the input fields of the crop designating section 202 may be increased or decreased by the producer operating the producer terminal device 2 . For example, the producer operates the producer terminal device 2, selects one of the input fields 203 and 204 of the production result section 201, and then inputs the agricultural products to be produced in the input field.

Through the request input screen M10 as described above, the producer inputs a request to re-produce agricultural products that have been produced in the past, or a request to newly produce agricultural products that the producer has not produced before. can be entered.

Next, a specific example of formulating and correcting a production plan by the agricultural support device 1 will be explained. FIG. 7A is a diagram showing an example of field information and producer information. FIG. 7B is a diagram showing an example of demand information. FIG. 7C is a diagram illustrating an example of a production plan;

From the farm field information and the producer information that the information acquisition unit 11 of the agriculture support device 1 acquires from a plurality of producer terminals 2, the plan formulation unit 13 extracts specific information, and converts the specific information as shown in FIG. 7A. is associated with each virtual field H1a of the virtual farm H2 set by the farm setting unit 12. In FIG. 7A, the identification information includes the name (identification information) of the producer who manages the field H1 corresponding to each virtual field H1a, the identification information of the field H1, and the crops previously produced in the field H1. is

In addition, the demand calculation unit 16 of the agriculture support device 1 calculates the demand amount for each crop, as shown in FIG. Then, the plan formulating unit 13 judges an increasing tendency or a decreasing tendency of demand for each agricultural product from the calculation result of the demand calculation unit 16 . In FIG. 7B, the amount of demand for "onion" and "cabbage", which are agricultural products, is high, and demand for these items is on the rise. In addition, demand for "carrots", "lettuce" and "broccoli" is low and demand for these products is on the decline.

Based on the farm field information and producer information shown in FIG. 7A and the demand information shown in FIG. 7B, the plan formulation unit 13 formulates a production plan for each virtual farm field H1a of the virtual farm H2 as shown in FIG. 7C. . Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7B, requests for “onion” and “cabbage” are on the increase, and requests for “carrots”, “lettuce” and “broccoli” are on the decrease. As shown in FIG. 7A, field 13 is field "001" to "005" where "onion" and "cabbage" were produced and field "006" where "carrot" was produced among virtual fields H1a. At '007', we plan to produce 'onion' as shown in FIG. 7C.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7A, the plan formulation unit 13, in fields "008" to "010" where "cabbage" was produced and fields "011" and "012" where "broccoli" was produced, We plan to produce “cabbage” as shown in FIG. 7C. Furthermore, the plan formulation unit 13, of the fields "013" to "015" where "lettuce" was produced as shown in FIG. Then, it is planned to produce "lettuce" in field "014" and to produce "broccoli" in field "015". That is, the plan formulation unit 13 formulates a production plan for the virtual farm H2 according to the field information, producer information, and demand information.

After formulating the production plan as shown in FIG. 7C, the plan formulating unit 13, for example, when the information obtaining unit 11 obtains new field information from the consumer terminal 3, or when the crops desired to be produced When the information acquisition unit 11 acquires new producer information including the request of the producer from the producer terminal 2, the production plan for each virtual farm field H1a of the virtual farm H2 is generated according to the farm field information or the producer information. (Details not shown).

FIG. 8A is a diagram showing another example of field information and producer information. FIG. 8B is a diagram showing another example of production planning.

The plan formulation unit 13 aggregates the farm field information and producer information acquired from the plurality of producer terminals 2 by the information acquisition unit 11, and creates a farm producer table as shown in FIG. 8A. The farm field producer table in FIG. 8A contains the name of the producer, the identification information of the producer, the identification information of the farm field H1 managed by the producer, the area of the farm field H1, the location of the farm field H1, the machine used in the farm field H1 (agricultural machines and work equipment), the crops produced in the field H1, and requests from producers.

The farm setting unit 12 sets, for example, one or more virtual farms H2 and virtual farms H1a included in the virtual farms H2 by combining the plurality of farms H1 shown in the farmer table of FIG. 8A. The plan formulation unit 13 creates a production plan as shown in FIG. 8B based on the information in the field producer table. Specifically, the planning unit 13 adjusts the crops to be produced in the virtual field H1a included in the virtual farm H2 so as to meet the demands of the producers among the information included in the field producer table.

The production plan in FIG. 8B contains the name of the virtual farm H2, the identification number of the virtual farm H2, the name of the producer, the identification information of the virtual farm H1a managed by the producer, the area of the virtual farm H1a, the location of the virtual farm H1a, Agricultural products produced in the virtual field H1a, agricultural work performed in the virtual field H1a, and agricultural machines used in the virtual field H1a are included. The information about the virtual farm field H1a is the same as the information about the corresponding farm field H1.

As shown in FIG. 8A, "producer A" who produces "onions" and "cabbage" requests to concentrate on the production of "onions" and "producer A" who produces "lettuce". E" wants to increase the number of agricultural products it produces. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8B, the planning section 13 plans to produce "onion" in the virtual field H1a corresponding to "producer A". In addition, in order to secure a certain amount of production of "cabbage", the plan formulation unit 13 creates a virtual farm field H1a corresponding to "producer D" that produces "broccoli" and "cabbage" as shown in FIG. 8A. So, we plan to produce only "cabbage" as shown in FIG. 8B. The planning unit 13 also plans to produce "lettuce", "carrot" and "broccoli" in the virtual field H1a corresponding to "producer E".

FIG. 9A is a diagram showing an example of predicted supply values and predicted demand values. FIG. 9B is a graph showing the ratio of the total production performance area for each crop. FIG. 9C is a graph showing the ratio of the total production area for each crop on the virtual farm H2.

The supply calculation unit 15 of the agriculture support device 1 extracts the previous production area of the crops in each field H1 from the production record of the crops included in each field information acquired from the plurality of producer terminals 2 by the information acquisition unit 11. Then, the total actual production area (FIG. 9A) is calculated by totaling the previous production area for each crop.

The demand calculation unit 16 extracts the demand amount of agricultural products included in each demand information acquired from the plurality of consumer terminals 3 by the information acquisition unit 11, and calculates the total demand amount by summing the demand amount for each agricultural product. . Further, the demand calculation unit 16 calculates each total demand area (FIG. 9A) by totaling the area of the virtual farm field H1a in which each crop is produced in order to obtain the total demand amount for each crop. The total demand area is an example of a demand forecast value.

The plan formulation unit 13 extracts the field H1 in which each crop was previously produced and the area of the relevant field H1 from the production results of the crop included in each of the farm field information acquired from the plurality of producer terminals 2 by the information acquisition unit 11. . In addition, the plan formulation unit 13 compares the total actual production area calculated by the supply calculation unit 15 and the total demand area calculated by the demand calculation unit 16 for each crop. Then, the plan formulation unit 13 determines the crops to be produced in each virtual field H1a as the production plan for the virtual farm H2 based on the above extraction result and comparison result.

In addition, the supply calculation unit 15 calculates the total production area (FIG. 9A) obtained by totaling the area of the virtual farm field H1a for each agricultural product determined as described above, as the predicted supply value of the agricultural product. Then, the planning unit 13 adjusts the crops to be produced in each virtual field H1a so that the total production area calculated by the planning unit 13 for each crop is greater than or equal to the total demand area calculated by the demand calculation unit 16. (Change) corrects the production plans of the virtual field H1a and the virtual farm H2.

As described above, the plan formulation unit 13 formulates and modifies the production plan of the virtual farm H2 so that the predicted supply value of each crop is equal to or greater than the predicted demand value in the entirety of the plurality of fields H1 managed by the plurality of producers. become. In the example shown in FIGS. 9A to 9C, there was no significant difference in the total production area of the plurality of crops shown in FIG. 9B. The total production area of "onion" and "cabbage" is larger than the total production area of other crops.

In FIGS. 7C and 8B , a production plan in tabular format is shown as an example. , and the information output unit 14 may output it to the producer terminal 2.

In the above-described embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the information output unit 14 outputs the production plan formulated and corrected by the plan formulation unit 13 to the producer terminal 2. In addition to this, for example, When the plan formulation unit 13 formulates a production plan, the information output unit 14 immediately outputs the production plan to the producer terminal 2, and then when the plan formulation unit 13 corrects the production plan, the corrected production plan is output as information. The unit 14 may output to the producer terminal 2 .

In the above-described embodiment, the production proposal unit 17 proposes agricultural work or agricultural machinery for producing crops in field H1, and the demand proposal unit 18 proposes promotion or suppression of demand for crops. The 18 proposals are not limited to these. For example, the production proposal unit 17 may propose the number of workers for producing crops in the field H1, or the demand proposal unit 18 may propose changes to the crops requested or the amount of crops demanded. .

In the above-described embodiment, after the production plan is formulated by the agricultural support device 1, it is determined whether or not the producer's request is satisfied. You may reconfirm the producer's request before. An embodiment in this case is shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing a modification of the operations of the agriculture support device 1 and the

terminal devices

2 and 3. FIG. The operations shown in FIG. 10 are performed instead of the operations shown in FIG. 5A.

In FIG. 10, when the production plan is formulated by the plan formulation unit 13 of the agriculture support device 1 (S6), the information output unit 14 transmits the production plan to the producer terminal device 2 (S50). When the producer terminal device 2 receives the production plan (S51), it displays the production plan on the display unit (S52). The producer terminal device 2 also displays the producer's request included in the producer information transmitted to the agriculture support device 1 in the process S1 on the display unit (S53), and executes the request confirmation process (S54). In the request confirmation process, the producer terminal device 2 receives a predetermined operation by the producer and displays the aforementioned request input screen M10 (FIG. 10) on the display unit. At this time, the producer terminal device 2 causes the producer's request included in the producer information transmitted to the agriculture support device 1 in the process S1 to be displayed on the request input screen M10.

The producer terminal device 2 also accepts changes to the requests displayed on the request input screen M10. That is, the producer terminal device 2 accepts changes in the agricultural products that the producer wants to produce on the request input screen M10. When the request (agricultural product to be produced) is changed on the request input screen M10, the producer terminal device 2 transmits a request change notification including the fact that the request has been changed and the request after the change to the agriculture support device 1 ( S55). When receiving the request change notification (S56), the agriculture support device 1 updates the producer's request included in the producer information stored in the storage unit 5 with the changed request included in the request change notification. , using the changed request, it is determined whether or not the request of the producer is satisfied (S7).

On the other hand, if the request has not been changed on the request input screen M10, the producer terminal device 2, for example, transmits a no-change notification indicating that the request has not been changed to the agriculture support device 1 (S55). When the request no change notification is received (S56), the agriculture support device 1 does not update the producer information stored in the storage unit 5, and uses the request included in the producer information to update the producer's request. (S7). As another example, if the request is not changed on the request input screen M10, the producer terminal device 2 does not need to send the notification of no change in request to the agriculture support device 1 .

The agriculture support device 1 and the agriculture support system 100 of this embodiment described above have the following configuration and are effective.

The agriculture support device 1 of the present embodiment includes an information acquisition unit 11 that acquires field information about a plurality of fields H1 where a plurality of producers produce crops, respectively, and based on the plurality of farm field information acquired by the information acquisition unit 11 a farm setting unit 12 that sets a virtual farm H2 that combines a plurality of fields H1; and an information output unit 14 that outputs the plan.

According to the above configuration, a plurality of farm fields H1 in which a plurality of producers produce crops can be coordinated according to the production plan. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the deterioration of the balance between the supply and demand of agricultural products, the excess or deficiency of the supply of agricultural products, the fluctuation of the price of agricultural products, etc., and stabilize the production of agricultural products by each producer.

In this embodiment, the information output unit 14 transmits the production plan to the producer terminal device 2 managed by the producer. As a result, the producer can confirm the production plan using the producer terminal device 2 and produce the agricultural products stably and easily according to the production plan.

Further, in this embodiment, the information acquisition unit 11 acquires field information from the producer terminal device 2 managed by each producer, and the plan formulation unit 13 formulates or modifies a production plan based on the farm field information. do. As a result, a plurality of producers input the field information about the field H1 where the crops are to be produced through the producer terminal device 2, so that the production plan corresponding to the field H1 is formulated or modified. Agricultural products can be produced stably and easily according to a plan.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the plan formulation unit 13 formulates or corrects a production plan based on the actual production of crops in the field H1 included in the field information. As a result, the producer can stably and easily produce crops according to the production plan according to the production results of the crops in the field H1.

Further, in the present embodiment, the information acquisition unit 11 acquires producer information on producers from the producer terminal device 2 managed by each producer, and the planning unit 13 prepares a production plan based on the producer information. Formulate or modify. As a result, producers can stably and easily produce agricultural products according to their own production plans.

In addition, in this embodiment, the plan formulation unit 13 formulates or modifies a production plan based on the producer's request or the producer's production capacity of agricultural products included in the producer information. As a result, producers can stably and easily produce agricultural products in accordance with production plans according to their own demands or production capacity.

Further, in this embodiment, the farm setting unit 12 determines the size of the farm field H1 managed by each producer based on a plurality of pieces of farm field information respectively acquired by the information acquisition unit 11 from the producer terminal device 2 managed by each producer. are extracted, and the sizes are totaled to set a virtual farm H2 larger than the field H1. As a result, it is possible to set virtual farms that appropriately correspond to a plurality of farm fields H1 managed by a plurality of producers, and formulate a production plan for the virtual farm H2 according to the plurality of farm fields H1.

Further, in the present embodiment, the farm setting unit 12 partitions the virtual farm H2 so as to correspond to each of the plurality of farm fields H1, and sets the virtual farm H1a. Develop and modify plans. Accordingly, it is possible to stably and easily produce crops according to the production plan of the virtual field H1a corresponding to the field H1 managed by each of the plurality of producers.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the plan formulation unit 13 determines at least the crops to be cultivated in each virtual field H1a as the production plan. As a result, it is possible to stably and easily produce agricultural products indicated by the production plan of the virtual field H1a corresponding to the field H1 managed by a plurality of producers.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the plan formulation unit 13 determines farm work to be performed in at least each virtual farm field H1a as a production plan. As a result, it is possible to stably and easily produce crops by carrying out farm work indicated by the production plan of the virtual field H1a corresponding to the field H1 managed by a plurality of producers.

In addition, in this embodiment, the plan formulation unit 13 determines agricultural machines or materials to be used at least in each virtual field H1a as a production plan. As a result, it is possible to stably and easily produce agricultural products by carrying out agricultural work using the agricultural machinery or materials shown in the production plan of the virtual field H1a corresponding to the field H1 managed by a plurality of producers.

Further, in the present embodiment, the information acquisition unit 11 acquires demand information regarding the demand for agricultural products, and the plan formulation unit 13 formulates or corrects a production plan based on the demand information acquired by the information acquisition unit 11. do. As a result, producers can stably and easily produce crops according to a production plan that meets the demand for the crops.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the agriculture support device 1 includes a supply calculation unit 15 that calculates a predicted supply value of agricultural products when the agricultural products are produced in the virtual farm H2 based on the production plan, and a plurality of demanders of the agricultural products. a demand calculation unit 16 that calculates a demand forecast value for agricultural products based on a plurality of pieces of demand information respectively acquired by the information acquisition unit 11 from the consumer terminal device 3, and the plan formulation unit 13 calculates the supply forecast value and the demand forecast value, formulate or modify the production plan. As a result, a production plan that balances the supply and demand of agricultural products is formulated, so that producers can stably produce agricultural products according to the production plan.

In addition, in this embodiment, the agriculture support device 1 includes a demand proposal unit 18 that proposes promotion or suppression of demand for agricultural products based on the production plan. As a result, the demand for agricultural products is adjusted, and the production of agricultural products by producers can be stabilized.

In addition, in this embodiment, the agriculture support device 1 includes a production proposal unit 17 that proposes farm work for producing crops in the field H1 based on the production plan. As a result, producers can carry out agricultural work according to the production plan and stably produce agricultural products.

The agriculture support system 100 of this embodiment includes an agriculture support device 1 and producer terminal devices 2 managed by a plurality of producers who produce agricultural products and communicating with the agriculture support device 1 . As a result, the farm field information and the producer information input to the producer terminal device 2 by a plurality of producers are transmitted from the producer terminal device 2 to the agriculture support device 1, and based on the farm field information or the producer information A production plan can be formulated or corrected by the agricultural support device 1 . In addition, the production plan can be transmitted from the agriculture support device 1 to the producer terminal device 2 and the producer can confirm the production plan using the producer terminal device 2 . Then, producers can stably produce agricultural products according to the production plan.

In this embodiment, the agriculture support system 100 further includes a consumer terminal device 3 that is managed by a consumer who needs agricultural products and communicates with the agriculture support device 1 . As a result, the demand information input to the demander terminal device 3 by the demander of agricultural products is transmitted from the demander terminal device 3 to the agriculture support device 1, and the production plan is formulated by the agriculture support device 1 based on the demand information. may be changed or modified. Also, a proposal for adjusting the demand for agricultural products based on the production plan can be transmitted from the agriculture support device 1 to the consumer terminal device 3, and the consumer can confirm the proposal with the consumer terminal device 3. Then, the consumer can accept the proposal and take measures to promote or suppress the demand for the agricultural products.

Although the present invention has been described above, it should be considered that the embodiments disclosed this time are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the scope of claims rather than the above description, and is intended to include all modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the scope of the claims.

1 Agriculture support device 2 Producer terminal device 3 Consumer terminal device 11 Information acquisition unit 12 Farm setting unit 13 Planning unit 14 Information output unit 15 Supply calculation unit 16 Demand calculation unit 17 Production proposal unit 18 Demand proposal unit 100 Agriculture support system H1 field H1a virtual field H2 virtual farm

Claims

an information acquisition unit that acquires field information about a plurality of fields in which a plurality of producers produce crops;
a farm setting unit that sets a virtual farm that combines the plurality of farm fields based on the plurality of farm field information acquired by the information acquisition unit;
a planning unit that formulates a production plan for producing crops on the virtual farm and modifies the production plan;
and an information output unit that outputs the production plan.
The agricultural support device according to claim 1, wherein the information output unit transmits the production plan to a producer terminal device managed by the producer.
The information acquisition unit acquires the farm field information from each producer terminal device managed by each producer,
The agriculture support device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the plan formulation unit formulates or corrects the production plan based on the farm field information.
The agricultural support device according to claim 3, wherein the plan formulating unit formulates or corrects the production plan based on the actual production of crops in the field contained in the field information.
The information acquisition unit acquires producer information about the producer from a producer terminal device managed by each producer,
5. The agricultural support device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said plan formulating section formulates or modifies said production plan based on said producer information.
The agriculture support device according to claim 5, wherein the plan formulation unit formulates or modifies the production plan based on the producer's request or the producer's production capacity of agricultural products included in the producer information.
The farm setting unit extracts the sizes of the farm fields managed by the producers from a plurality of the farm field information respectively acquired by the information acquisition unit from the producer terminal devices managed by the producers, The agricultural support device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the sizes are totaled to set the virtual farm larger than the farm field.
The farm setting unit partitions the virtual farm so as to correspond to each of the plurality of farm fields and sets virtual farm fields;
8. The agricultural support device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the plan formulating unit formulates and modifies the production plan for each virtual farm field.
The agricultural support device according to claim 8, wherein the plan formulation unit determines at least the crops to be cultivated in each of the virtual fields as the production plan.
The agricultural support device according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the plan formulation unit determines at least agricultural work to be performed in each of the virtual farms as the production plan.
The agricultural support device according to any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein the plan formulation unit determines agricultural machines or materials to be used at least in each virtual farm as the production plan.
The information acquisition unit acquires demand information about the demand for agricultural products,
The agricultural support device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the plan formulating section formulates or modifies the production plan based on the demand information acquired by the information acquiring section.
a supply calculation unit that calculates a predicted supply value of agricultural products when the agricultural products are produced in the virtual farm based on the production plan;
a demand calculation unit that calculates a demand forecast value for agricultural products based on a plurality of pieces of demand information respectively acquired by the information acquisition unit from consumer terminal devices managed by a plurality of consumers of agricultural products,
The agricultural support device according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the planning unit formulates or corrects the production plan based on the predicted supply value and the predicted demand value.
The agricultural support device according to any one of claims 1 to 13, comprising a demand proposal unit that proposes promotion or suppression of demand for agricultural products based on the production plan.
The agricultural support device according to any one of claims 1 to 14, comprising a production proposal unit that proposes agricultural work for producing crops in the field based on the production plan.
The agricultural support device according to any one of claims 1 to 15,
An agriculture support system comprising: a producer terminal device which is managed by each of a plurality of producers who produce agricultural products and which communicates with the agriculture support device.
The agricultural support system according to claim 16, comprising a consumer terminal device that is managed by a consumer who needs agricultural products and communicates with the agricultural support device.