Jeonbuk Province Selected for 'IoT-Based Intelligent Poultry House Platform Expansion Project' Competition

Jeonbuk Provincial Government Office building. Photo by Jeonbuk Province

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Tae-in] Jeonbuk Province announced on the 6th that it has been selected for the Ministry of Science and ICT's 2020 Internet of Things (IoT) Service Expansion Project with the "IoT-based Intelligent Poultry House Platform Expansion Project."

This project was evaluated last year by the Ministry of Science and ICT as an excellent IoT utilization product and service development project, and was promoted this year as a public contest task by the Ministry to secure the project's technical and business feasibility.

Jeonbuk Province plans to invest a total of 1.565 billion KRW (national funds 783 million KRW, provincial funds 141 million KRW, city/county funds 329 million KRW, others 312 million KRW) to promote the "IoT-based Intelligent Poultry House Platform Expansion Project" to lead the ICT convergence industry, a high value-added industry in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

The province will distribute smart scales to 29 poultry farms in four cities/counties including Iksan, Jeongeup, Gimje, and Buan to confirm the optimal shipping time, and will supply an automated control system tailored to domestic conditions that can automatically control driving devices inside the poultry houses (ventilation fans, lighting, feeders, waterers, heaters, etc.).

Poultry farmers are expected to reduce feed costs by preventing late shipments through accurate measurement provided by this project, and increase farm income by reducing labor through the introduction of the automated system.

For local companies that have been highly dependent on foreign products, the domestic production of poultry house environment control systems is expected to create new demand and markets, resulting in significant added value.

Kang Seung-gu, Director of Planning and Coordination at Jeonbuk Province, said, "Through this project, by statistically analyzing data directly related to diseases to make early judgments on diseases or mortality, we expect to proactively respond to diseases such as AI and activate new poultry industries by building a public DB of growth information." He added, "Jeonbuk Province will continue to integrate advanced ICT technologies into our agriculture and livestock industry to improve farm income and accelerate the 4th Industrial Revolution."

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