The Rural Development Administration (Administrator Lee Seung-don) said on the 8th that the National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science and the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences will hold an "AI-based smart farm and postharvest management advancement symposium" with the Korea Association for Food Distribution Quality Control, a nonprofit corporation, on the 9th.
The symposium will be held at the Gimje Smart Farm Innovation Valley Support Center. This symposium will address ways to apply AI and data-based quality control technologies across the entire process from agricultural production to storage and distribution. It will also explore the potential use of smart long-term storage technologies.
The theme of session 1 is "Trends in AI smart farm technologies and research on agricultural product quality and component analysis." Seoul National University Professor Kim Hak-jin will present "The status and challenges of AI technologies and smart farm technologies," and Song Seung-uk, Director General at Podo Co., will introduce "Cases of crop quality analysis using imaging and AI technologies." Next, Kangwon National University Professor Mo Chang-yeon will present "Key agricultural product quality measurement technologies using AI-based nondestructive sensing." Nondestructive sensing is a technology that determines sugar content and components by receiving physical and optical signals with external sensors without damaging agricultural products.
The theme of session 2 is "Digital transformation of supply stabilization and storage quality control for agricultural products." Lee Ji-hyeon, a senior researcher at the National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, will present "Research on advancing digital transformation in storage quality control for agricultural products," and Park Cheon-wan, a researcher at the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, will present on "Smart long-term storage technologies for stabilizing the supply of agricultural products." A general discussion will follow.
Son Jae-yong, head of the Storage and Distribution Division at the National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science of the Rural Development Administration, said, "Digital transformation is a key means to improve quality control and distribution efficiency for agricultural products," adding, "We hope this event will accelerate on-site adoption of smart farm and postharvest management technologies." Lim Jong-guk, head of the Postharvest Management Engineering Division at the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, said, "We will work to contribute to stabilizing the supply of agricultural products and strengthening on-site competitiveness through smart storage technologies."