In this autonomous travel system for an agricultural work vehicle 1, the autonomous travel of the agricultural work agricultural work vehicle 1 is controlled by a remotely operated device 70 that is capable of communicating with the agricultural work vehicle 1. The autonomous travel system also has a server 100 capable of communicating with the agricultural work vehicle 1. The autonomous travel of the agricultural work vehicle 1 is controlled by the server 100 when the server 100 has been requested by the remotely operated device 70 to control the autonomous travel of the agricultural work vehicle 1.