An 18-year-old high-school senior. Her smile and phone translation help her meet people and bring their problems back to the team.
ECONOMIC MODEL · GAME 02Regenerative agriculture & pollination
Explore the advanced economics
CASE 02Farms & pollinators
LAND & WATER
02/12Regenerative agriculture & pollination
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Megumi Kuroda
Farmer and cooperative coordinator · 『The orchard that lost its hum』
Characters & story
Aoi meets Megumi Kuroda in an apple orchard that has gone quiet. Some neighboring farmers fear that changing pesticides will bring pests and lower income. Dr. Mori explains why pollination is a shared local asset. Ren combines income support, long-term purchasing, and results payments so farmers can stay until the flowers and insects return.
Megumi runs her family orchard and coordinates a local growers’ cooperative.
He uses familiar examples to explain why the economic problem occurs.
A 23-year-old first-year graduate student. He asks who pays when and what promise people can actually keep.
A transcendent economist from another world. Nagi finds the problem that remains after Earth’s best answer.
What is happening
「The trees are flowering, but little fruit is setting because pollinator activity has fallen. Three farms may close if next season is also poor.」
Choose a package that restores pollinators while keeping farmers in business through the transition.
Their wish: Keep her grandfather’s orchard alive and welcome one new young farmer / What gets in their way: She puts other farms first and delays asking for help