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　The poster made by three members including me won the first prize in “ISLP International Poster Competition 2020-2021 in JAPAN”.  And it was selected as a representative of Japan in the world competition.
　Our team thought about how to revitalize agriculture in Ehime prefecture from the data science, titled “Attractive Ehime Project.”  Our research started by analyzing a lot of data on agriculture in Ehime.  After analyzing the numerical value, five points were given as current issues, which are “Transition of Orange’s production in Ehime,” “Ehime’s output ranking,” “Transition of the number of agricultural workers of Ehime,” “The average age of agricultural workers,” an d “The employment rate of the disabled in Ehime, the first year of Reiwa era.”  Then we hit upon hydroponics as an effective measure in solving these issues.  Hydroponics is one of the methods for agriculture which is attracting attentions because it does not use the soil, so it is easy to replant, get stable production, and many other advantages.
　We thought that this might be an opportunity to think about diversity regardless of conventional agriculture such as citrus cultivation.  Moreover, we thought that it would be possible to promote the land use of closed schools because it can be used at low cost and the employment of people with disabilities because it would be easy to work and adjust heights of stands. 
　In addition, considering the feasibility, we specifically proposed the form of factory operation in collaboration with public institutions and the ideal land for building a factory.
　We believe that the development of such agricultural normalization should lead Ehime to the prefecture where agriculture is active and attractive.

　This was my first time working on data science, and I had a lot of trouble.  Thanks to supports from teachers and team members, our team was able to receive a wonderful award.  Thank all of people who helped me a lot for giving me a valuable experience. (204, Sae MATSUNAGA)