Explanation of Comprehensive Measures to Expand Big Data and AI-Based Smart Agriculture
Introducing Data Cloud Digital-Based Agricultural Technology Case Studies

The Industrial Education Research Institute has prepared a forum where participants can learn about the current state and development plans for domestic smart agriculture and hear about technology development trends and business strategies.

The Industrial Education Research Institute will host the "[Seminar 2022] Data·Cloud·IoT·AI for Digital Agriculture - Empirical Experience and Know-How-" online and offline simultaneously on March 25th.

Both domestically and internationally, research and development are actively underway on smart farm technology that is free from time and space constraints by converging intelligent technologies such as data, cloud, IoT, and AI, which are at the center of the next-generation ICT industry.

It is expected that Korea will also transition to a smart agriculture system and establish a stable production structure and consumption system through agricultural product distribution and safe food management systems.

The government's announcement late last year of a comprehensive plan to localize, advance, and standardize smart agriculture through digital transformation and accelerate agricultural innovation can also be interpreted in the same context.

The measures include agricultural big data, artificial intelligence infrastructure construction, smart agriculture hub development, strengthening technology, human resources, and equipment support, and revitalizing smart farm exports.

Korea Science and Technology AdministrationAccording to the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, the global smart agriculture market size is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 10.1% from $12.3 billion in 2020 to $20.7 billion in 2026.

The domestic smart agriculture market is also expected to expand from $190 million in 2020 to $490 million by 2026.

In this regard, at the seminar held by the Industrial Education Research Institute on March 25, experts including Professor Kim Hak-jin of Seoul National University and Director Jeong Gyeong-suk of the Korea Agricultural Technology Promotion Agency will present on the topic of digital agriculture.

△The government's comprehensive measures to expand smart agriculture (digital agriculture) based on big data and artificial intelligence △Data agriculture and comprehensive solution platform for innovation in rural areas △Trends in research and development of agricultural machinery based on big data and artificial intelligence in digital agriculture, business strategies and major tasks △Investment trends and future prospects for digital agriculture innovation companies △Information service cases of data-based agricultural distribution solutions △Strategy map for promoting digital agriculture standardization and key standardization in 2022 △Farm8's digital-based future agriculture blueprint and roadmap △Crossent's platform-based agricultural information service case using data, cloud, IoT and AI will be presented.

An official from the Industrial Education Research Institute said, “While major agriculturally advanced countries around the world are actively implementing agricultural services utilizing data, cloud, IoT, and AI, we ask for your interest and support so that this seminar can serve as a foundation for the growth of advanced agricultural services while looking into the current state and development plans of domestic smart farms, which have been relatively slow in development.”