"Digitalizing Open-Field Agriculture with Object DID" SKT Signs MOU with National Institute of Agricultural Sciences

SKT Signs MOU with National Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Development of 'Object DID-Based Wireless Communication Network Integrated Solution'
Research and Development of 'Digital Open-Field Agriculture Management Model' to Overcome Challenges of Digitalization in Open-Field Agriculture

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] SK Telecom announced on the 23rd that it has signed a "Development Agreement for an Integrated Wireless Communication Network Solution Based on Object DID" with the Rural Development Administration's National Institute of Agricultural Sciences to introduce digital open-field agricultural technology.

Object DID (Decentralized Identifier) is a technology that assigns a unique identifier to objects to prevent tampering and forgery during data collection and transmission, making it easier to verify authentic data.

This agreement was established to promote the digitalization of open-field agriculture, which accounts for about 96% of domestic agricultural production, by applying object DID-based intelligent communication network and equipment security technologies to the open-field agricultural environment.

Until now, open-field agriculture has faced difficulties in establishing infrastructure for digitalization due to its outdoor environment and diverse requirements by region and crop type. Additionally, many farmers are elderly or operate small-scale farms, making technology adoption and cost burdens challenging.

To address these issues, SK Telecom and the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences will jointly pursue research and development for the dissemination of digital open-field agriculture, including ▲development of a one-stop solution model for digital open-field agriculture ▲development of a low-cost, high-efficiency IoT sensing management model tailored for open-field conditions ▲activation of digital agriculture based on object DID-based integrity data.

When SK Telecom applies object DID technology to IoT sensors that collect data such as temperature, humidity, acidity, and conductivity, the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences will conduct research, development, and demonstration projects for digital open-field agriculture management models based on the integrity data secured through object DID technology. This will enable customized responses to various requirements necessary for the digitalization of open-field agriculture.

In addition to cooperation with the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, SK Telecom has been striving to develop and expand object DID technology, including commercializing the country's first object DID service in June that verifies unique identifiers of buildings and performs safety inspections of hazardous structures.

Sehyun Oh, head of SK Telecom's Digital Asset Company, stated, "Unlike facility agriculture conducted indoors, data collection for digitalization in open-field agriculture has been difficult, but this agreement enables the collection of actual measurement data, laying the foundation for developing digital open-field agriculture management models."

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