[Asia Top Brand] Smart Farming Pilot Complex Project to Improve Quality of Agricultural Labor

Korea Rural Community Corporation Jeonnam Regional Headquarters 'Smart Farm'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] The Jeonnam Regional Headquarters of the Korea Rural Community Corporation is participating in the nation's first smart agriculture pilot complex, Smart Farm Innovation Valley, and advanced unmanned automation projects to improve the quality of agricultural labor in a way that reduces working hours while enabling high-quality production through the 'smartization' of our agriculture.

Smart farms are advanced agriculture that integrates Internet Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Internet of Things (IoT), and artificial intelligence technologies to remotely and automatically maintain and manage optimal growth environments in greenhouses, livestock houses, and open fields. As of last year, the nationwide smart farm distribution area was 5,838 hectares, showing remarkable growth compared to 405 hectares in 2014, although still modest.

Currently, the Jeonnam Regional Headquarters of the Korea Rural Community Corporation is establishing seven leased farms for young farmers' management practice and two high-income export-specialized farms such as paprika. In cooperation with Sinan County, they plan to create a concentrated leased farm for banana production, processing, and distribution on Dochodo Island.

The government has determined that cluster-type hubs are necessary to spread smart farms and is establishing Smart Farm Innovation Valleys in four locations nationwide, including Goheung. Since 2019, the Jeonnam Regional Headquarters has participated as the implementing agency for the Goheung Smart Farm Innovation Valley, with key facilities expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Starting next year, when linked projects such as young farmer startup incubation and research and demonstration support for smart farm technology are practically promoted, it is expected to become a hub for future agriculture.

Additionally, to build a smart agriculture testbed utilizing advanced technologies such as autonomous agricultural machinery, artificial intelligence, and big data, a pilot complex for advanced unmanned automated agricultural production is being established on 54 hectares of the Naju Seed Management Office site in collaboration with the Agricultural Technology Institute and Chonnam National University. By realizing unmanned and automated processes in a series of farming stages such as seedling cultivation, tillage, sowing, watering, and harvesting, and by accumulating and sharing agricultural work big data, it is expected to present a standard model for open-field smart agriculture.

Head of Headquarters Seong Donam said, “We will do our best to serve as a foundation not only to solve our agricultural problems but also to help the smart farm industry leap forward as a globally competitive industry.” Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong bong2910@

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