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the do-nothing farmer needed to be more attentive and sensitive to the land and seasons than a regular farmer. After all, Fukuoka’s ingenious method was hard-won after decades of his own close observations of weather patterns, insects, birds, trees, soil, and the interrelationships among all of these.
Jenny Odell • On how to grow an idea
【rkrn】三.治.郎.詰.め.合.わ.せそ.の.六
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「サカタのタネ」といえば、ブロッコリーの種子市場で世界シェア65%を握るという超有力企業。
創業100年を超える老舗企業ながら、今なおグローバルで成長を続けています。2023年5月期の売上高は772億円、経常利益は123億円に拡大。
サカタのタネは、見れば見るほど面白い会社の一つ。本日の記事では、その歴史を紐解きながら、「種苗ビジネス」がどのような性質を持っているかを考えます。
they were also looking for agronomic characteristics important to a farmer: reduced seed shattering (so seed heads don’t break open and spill their grain before harvest), uniform time of maturity, ease of threshing, and large seed size.
