The Nagaoka Bioeconomy Consortium General Meeting for Reiwa 6 was held.
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Activity Report 2024.05.01

The Nagaoka Bioeconomy Consortium General Meeting for Reiwa 6 was held.

On Friday, April 26, the Reiwa 6 Annual General Meeting of the Nagaoka Bioeconomy Consortium was held at Aore Nagaoka.

Senior URA Suzuki presented on the university’s efforts toward social implementation in collaboration with companies, highlighting examples of initiatives for regional resource recycling and water resource utilization technologies being carried out with companies and research institutions as part of the COI-NEXT project.

Initiatives for Local Resource Recycling

　○ Developing initiatives for the recycling of local resources derived from rice paddies (our university, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, the RIKEN Research Institute, Iwatuka Confectionery Co., Ltd., Honen Agri Co., Ltd., JA Echigo Chuetsu, Hyakusho-kai, Nakamura Agricultural Products Co., Ltd., Nagabe Farm, and Neos Co., Ltd.)

　○ Development of Weeding Robots to Reduce Pesticide Use (Our University, Fieldworks, etc.)

Utilization of Limited Water Resources

　○ Water Changer (Our University, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, and Unitrike Co., Ltd.)

In addition, activity reports from the Bridge Innovation Laboratory (BIL) and a demonstration report on fermentation residues from the Food Waste Biogas Power Generation Center were also presented.

We will work together with our stakeholders to ensure that bioeconomy initiatives continue to be promoted in Nagaoka.