The delegation of Australia's National Farmers Federation (NFF) headed by President Fiona Simson visited NARO on June 22, 2017 and met with NARO Senior Vice-President, Dr. Akihiro Sasaki. The NFF is an Australian non-profit membership based organization that represents Australian farmers and the agricultural sector in Australia. The delegation which included Mr. Les Gordon (NFF Vice President), Ms Amy Fay (Chair, NFF Innovation Committee), Mr. Mark Harvey-Sutton (Manager for Rural Affairs), Ms Sachiko Stone (Australian Embassy) and Mr. Edward Simson also visited the Institute of Agricultural Machinery for an overview of NARO research on agricultural robotics and the Farm Activity Record Management System (FARMS).
