Yonam College Next-gen Agricultural Technology Center
Republic of Korea
Yonam College Next-gen Agricultural Technology Center provides education and training for ICT-based farming, using modular vertical farms. It aims to nurture a workforce with practical skills for the agricultural industry, through training programs utilizing actual vertical farms. Yonam College has established a department of smart farming to nurture talent having practical skills in the agricultural industry. The college has also built an ICT-based modular vertical container farm system, to provide a proper environment for its practice-oriented curriculum. In line with the institute’s mission of becoming the Republic of Korea’s leading college in next-gen agricultural technologies, facilities including a smart farm plastic greenhouse , an advanced venlo type greenhouse , a full artificial lighting type vertical farm, and a vertical container farm have been built, all outfitted with high-tech equipment for the provision of digital farm education and training programs.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agrifood Services
Digital Social Services (Education, Health, Skills)
Digital Agriculture
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Value chains management
Digital training, literacy, E-learning
Urban agriculture, indoor farming
Delivery type (format)
Internet of Things / sensors
DS supplier-user category
Government to business
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Government agency
Name of supplier/developer
Yonam College Industrial Academic Cooperation Foundation / Next-gen Agricultural Technology Center
Primary Users
Farmers , Agribusiness / private company , Value chain actors
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (broad use use locally)
Number of users or subscribers
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Enhanced quality of and trainee satisfaction with smart farm education Reduced labor cost of education program, and improved productivity of cultivation
Digital Solution Geographic scope
Seonghwan-eup, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do
Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
Link to Digital village
Link to Digital initiatives