June 2022 Vol. 20 No. 662022

https://www.ntt-review.jp/archive/2022/202206.html
Front-line Researchers
Hiroki Takesue, Senior Distinguished Researcher, NTT
Basic Research Laboratories

Rising Researchers
Taiki Fukiage, Distinguished Researcher, NTT
Communication Science Laboratories

Feature Articles

NTT Group’s Initiatives for
Creating New Value in the Foodand Agriculture Sector
NTT’s Vision for the Future of Agriculture, Forestry, andFisheries—Simultaneously Improving Production
Capacity and Sustainability
An Urban-circular Ecosystem in Which Food Waste froma Company Cafeteria Is Recycled Using an Ultra-compact
Biogas Plant
Development and Implementation of Connected Drones
with Agriculture as a Starting Point
Data-driven Soil Cultivation Promoted by NTT DATA
Selling Agricultural Products to Consumers Online
through Marchel by goo

Regular Articles
How ICT Contributes to Carbon Neutrality

Front-line Researchers

Hiroki Takesue, Senior Distinguished Researcher, NTT Basic
Research Laboratories▼Abstract
As the miniaturization of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor electronic
circuits that underpin computer technology approaches its limit, the end of Moore’s
Law—which suggests that the performance of digital computers increases
exponentially over time—has become a reality. Therefore, research on new types ofcomputers that use physical phenomena to efficiently (and at high speed) solve
specific problems that digital computers cannot solve easily is being actively carriedout. We interviewed Senior Distinguished Researcher Hiroki Takesue, who has
published a series of world-leading results in this field of research, about his
research achievements and his attitude as a researcher.

Feature Articles
NTT Group’s Initiatives for Creating New Value in the Food and Agriculture
SectorNTT’s Vision for the Future of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries—
Simultaneously Improving Production Capacity and Sustainability▼Abstract

The NTT Group has set agriculture, forestry, andfisheries as one of its priorities. In particular, we areworking to implement Smart Agri—namely,
optimizing the entire food value chain from breeding
to production, distribution, sales, and consumption
by using the Group’s cutting-edge technologies,
assets, and services and collaborating withforward-thinking partners. In response to growing
concern about global environmental issues, we havebegun new initiatives that will enable the agriculturalindustry to coexist in harmony with nature while
improving its production capacity. This article
describes issues concerning the agriculture, forestry,and fisheries industries and provides an overview of
NTT Group’s initiatives, specific examples, andfuture developments related to such industries.

Biomass power generation

Solar power generation (on farm)
RenewableenergyCarbon-neutral city(municipal cooperation)

Production

CO2 assimilation
capacity
Growth rate

Genome editing
Mass culture
Large-scaleaquaculture

High-growth seafood

Seeds andseedlings

DNA

Understand user needs
through social media
Reflected in seed development

Local production for
local consumption(also sold to urban areas)

Processingand distribution

Overall optimization(IOWN)

CO2 fixation
Blue carbon

Carbon-sink
assessment

Crediting

Certification/issuance
Management/
transactions

Virtual world

Sales
Branding

SDGs in fisheries

Transportation optimization,
freshness preservation, etc.
Real world

OffsetPoint exchange

Various sales channels• Virtual market• Matching sites• Live commerce

Regular Articles

How ICT Contributes to Carbon Neutrality▼Abstract

Global Standardization Activities
Optical Network Technology for Future Ultra-high-capacity Communications in the Beyond 5Gand Big Data Era

Practical Field Information about Telecommunication Technologies
Salt Damage in RT-BOXes: Investigation and Countermeasures of Salt-damage Environments

To achieve carbon neutrality, we need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net-zero at the global
level by the middle of the 21st century. In September 2021, the NTT Group announced the newenvironmental and energy vision “NTT Green Innovation toward 2040,” which formulates that the NTT Groupwill not only aim for carbon neutrality in 2040 but also contribute to reducing the environmental impact ofsociety by simultaneously expanding the adoption of Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN)
technologies and new information and communication technology (ICT) services. This article introduces ourestimation model for analyzing the potential contribution of ICT usage to future environmental load reductionand economic growth. By covering the targeted 36 ICT services that are widely used or will spread in thenear future in Japan, including those provided by NTT, this model will quantitatively analyze theenvironmental and economic impact of introducing these ICT services by 2030.