In a significant move to bolster the smart farming industry, Daedong and Daehan Steel have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide end-to-end greenhouse smart farm solutions. The agreement, announced on the 19th, aims to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) across the entire greenhouse agriculture value chain, from construction and cultivation to harvesting and distribution.
This collaboration is a strategic response to the climate crisis, combining Daedong’s AI-based future agriculture technology with Daehan Steel’s expertise in smart farm operations using waste heat utilization solutions. The partnership also aligns with the government’s initiatives to disseminate smart agriculture technologies.
Since 2020, Daedong has been focusing on smart farming as a future growth engine, continuously advancing its technology and expanding its business base. Through this new partnership, the company aims to achieve tangible business results by exploring new opportunities in the smart farming sector.
The agreement outlines three main areas of cooperation: joint development of core technologies for next-generation large-scale smart farms, joint promotion of smart farming businesses based on energy, AI, and robotics, and joint participation in projects to expand the smart agricultural industry.
Daedong will contribute its future agriculture technologies, including data- and AI-based growth solutions, agricultural robots for cultivation and harvesting, and smart farm environmental controls. Daehan Steel will provide its expertise in factory waste heat recovery and utilization technologies, along with its know-how in operating smart farms based on these technologies.
The companies plan to utilize Daedong Group’s approximately 2.4-hectare Taean smart farm, smart farms for crop research in Seoul and Jeju, and Daehan Steel’s large-scale smart farms. These resources will be used to establish a fully automated greenhouse agriculture system based on AI and robotics, enhancing agricultural productivity and promoting the spread of large-scale smart farms.
Kwon Kijae, Executive Vice President of Business Operations at Daedong, expressed optimism about the collaboration, stating, “Since both companies possess technology and operational know-how in the smart farm sector, we expect this collaboration to create a new innovative growth model in smart farming. Daedong will continue to expand investment so that AI and agricultural robots become the core competitiveness of greenhouse smart farming in the global market, and will further strengthen cooperation with excellent partners like Daehan Steel.”
This partnership is poised to drive significant advancements in the smart farming industry, setting a new standard for sustainable and efficient greenhouse agriculture.