Vol. 83, No. 5 (Published on 1st, September. 2021)

CONTENTS

ESSAY

T. OKAYASU…311

SPECIAL EDITION

Emerging Technologies for Reducing Food Loss in Food Chain System

Editor : H. TANAKA

　T. ORIKASA : Optimization of Food Supply Chain by Life Cycle Assessment Methodology…314

　H. NAKAURA : Digital Transformation of Agriculture and Optimization of Distribution System for Agricultural and Food Products using Cloud System…319

　N. NAKAMURA : Analysis of Transportation Condition and Quality Evaluation of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables…324

　D. HAMANAKA : International and Domestic Transportation Test of Fresh Agricultural Produce by Container Equipped with Electric Field…328

　F. TANAKA : Reduction of Food Loss during Transportation by using Dual Temperature Reefer Container…332

TECHNO-TOPICS

H. SHITO : Development of Snapper Head for Ear Corn Harvesting…336

PAPERS (Articles)

RESEARCH PAPERS

Draft Reduction without Increase in Power Requirement Using a Vertically Oscillating Model Subsoiler…361 　abstracts

O. O. OYEBODE, R. M. ANDONIAINA, K. SHOJI

Investigation of Vibration Characteristics of Hand Tractor Based on Frequency-domain and Vibration Intensity…369 　abstracts

S. PHON, E. INOUE, M. MITSUOKA, T. OKAYASU, Y. HIRAI

Automatic-Driving Control System to Exit a Garage and Travel on a Farm Road for a Robotic Combine
　　─Exiting a Garage by using SLAM─…376 　abstracts

T. SUYAMA, M. IIDA, Y. LI, S. NAKAMURA, S. KONISHI, M. SUGURI, R. MASUDA

A Study on the Process of Farming Accidents in Paddy Fields and Upland Fields…383 　abstracts

T. TAMURA

Rice Tiller Number Estimation by Field Robot and Deep Learning (Part 1)
　　─Exploring Infield Tiller Detection with YOLOv4─…391 　abstracts

D. SINGH, S. ICHIURA, T. T. NGUYEN, Y. SASAKI, M. KATAHIRA