Boryeong City to Invest 18 Billion Won in Creating a Smart Farm Innovation Complex

Linked with the Youth Self-Reliant Smart Farm Support Project on a 7-Hectare Scale

AI-based Grmart Farm autonomous robot cultivating crops / Photo by Boryeong City Hall

Boryeong City in Chungnam Province announced on the 21st that it will invest a record-high 18.1 billion KRW in the smart farm sector to foster 13 hectares of smart agriculture.

To this end, the city has declared this year as the "First Year of Smart Agriculture City" and will establish a smart farm innovation complex to improve agricultural structure and increase income.

The main projects include: 10 billion KRW for a youth-customized rental smart farm complex; 3.5 billion KRW for a Chungnam-style smart farm complex; 4 billion KRW to support youth self-reliant smart farms; and 600 million KRW to support the distribution of smart farms to small and medium-sized horticultural farmers.

The youth-customized rental smart farm complex, scheduled for completion this year, will be built on a 2.5-hectare site in the Ipyeong-ri area of Cheongra-myeon. The city plans to lease advanced smart farm facilities to young farmers and actively support cultivation technologies.

The Chungnam-style smart farm complex, which will cover 7 hectares, will construct greenhouses in connection with the youth self-reliant smart farm support project. This complex will establish a single platform for integrated smart farm operations, data-based farm management, ICT sensor and data remote monitoring solutions, and more.

In particular, the city plans to introduce AI-based autonomous robots to realize an unmanned smart farm system that automates all tasks, including monitoring, transportation, pest control, and harvesting, thereby fostering the city as a core hub for advanced smart farms.

Additionally, the city will support the modernization of existing farms by assisting with the construction of new smart farms and remodeling of greenhouses. Customized smart farm support policies will be implemented for both young and established farmers, promoting the future growth of the industry.

A city official stated, "We will take the lead in creating an innovative agricultural production system and a sustainable agricultural environment through the establishment of the smart farm innovation complex," adding, "Through the expansion of smart agriculture, we aim to become the nation's top smart farm horticultural complex."

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