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Government to Scrap Rice Crop Index; Will Turn to Satellites, AI to Analyze Production

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By Miho Naganuma and Haruna Fukushima / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

13:45 JST, June 17, 2025

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry is set to overhaul its rice crop survey system by abolishing the rice crop index, a longstanding benchmark for rice yields, and instead exploring new survey methods that utilize satellites and artificial intelligence.

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