Digital Solution
Seouchae Farm - Smart aquaponics farming

country Republic of Korea

Seouchae Farm produces high-quality vegetables, leveraging data on crop growth and the environment collected through smart farming systems integrating agriculture with technology. It grows more than 20 types of vegetables and fruits on its farms and supplies its products to leading hotels and restaurants in the country. It is an integrated digital technology with aquaponics farming, a unique form of plant cultivation using natural recirculation. It acquired pesticide-free, Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and organic certifications, through sustainable and eco-friendly farming practices in which pesticides, chemicals or growth simulators are not used. It also facilitates communication between Greenlabs and member farms, through the interactive knowledge-sharing platform “Farming Knowledge iN” that allows members to ask questions or address issues. It is operating various aquaponics farming education and training programs, ranging from introductory courses to one-month practical experience programs―for extension institutes, universities, returning farmers and businesses. It promotes the benefits of smart farming technology, aquaponics and the rural life, through diverse video contents on the company’s YouTube channel “Aquaponics Farm-Seouchae”. The solution has following major funnctions 1) Establish greenhouse environment monitoring system, with smart sensors that detect and transmit various data regarding outside temperature/humidity, solar radiation, wind direction/speed, and precipitation and 2) Automatically control various greenhouse equipment and devices (roof/side vents, fans, nutrient controllers, boilers, mist systems, etc.) based on data inputs concerning external conditions

Digital Solution (DS) Category

Digital Agriculture

Digital Agrifood Services

Digital Solution Type (sub-category)

Farm management services

Supply chain management, Market and price data analytics

Delivery type (format)

Internet of Things / sensors

DS supplier-user category

Business to business

Business to consumers

Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)

Agritech company

Name of supplier/developer

Agricultural Corporation Se-um Co., Ltd. /

Primary Users

Farmers , Value chain actors

Digital Solution Development Stage

Commercial stage (broad use use locally)

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Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience

1. Savings of labor resources, increased yields, and maintenance of crop quality 2. Accumulation of big data sets leveraging cloud database 3. Discovered new sales channels through web portals 4. Achieved an upper 80% level customer repurchase rate, and acquired a diverse customer pool that includes five-star hotels. 5. Achieves cost-saving benefits, as aquaponics farming uses 90% less water than conventional openland farming and does not require organic pesticides or chemical fertilizers 6. Can maintain production at a consistent level, since crops get sufficient nutrients for growth from fish

Digital Solution Geographic scope

Taean-gun, Chungcheongnam-do

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