Asan City Launches Full-Scale Operation of Chungnam Smart Farm Academy

Providing Smart Farming Operations and Technology Training for Young Farmers

Asan City in Chungnam Province has completed the 'Chungnam-type Smart Farm Academy' and is starting full-scale operations.

Asan City in Chungnam has completed the construction of the 'Chungnam-type Smart Farm Academy' and has officially begun its operation.

The Chungnam-type Smart Farm Academy is established as a fixed greenhouse covering 1,008 square meters at 313 Yeomseong-ri, Yeomchi-eup, Asan City. It features new technologies such as an ICT convergence-based smart farm, an automatic control vertical hydroponic cultivation system, an energy-saving water-cooled heating and cooling system, and a nutrient solution circulation cultivation system. These will provide young farmers with opportunities to operate smart agriculture and acquire new technologies.

The smart farm utilizes the nation's first greenhouse vertical (Y-shaped) cultivation machine, which was patented for design by a local farmer through a pilot project in Asan City. By using a year-round 24-hour production system, it boasts a yield five to six times higher than that of conventional smart farm (hydroponic) greenhouses.

An official from Asan City stated, "In line with the core direction of agricultural policy, the establishment of smart farm facilities equipped with future-oriented agricultural practices and ICT convergence technology from the Fourth Industrial Revolution is a great asset for Asan City's agricultural sector. We will prioritize the operation of the academy and the nurturing of young farmers as our top policy tasks and concentrate all administrative efforts on these goals."

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