The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is speeding up the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Starting in September, the ministry will pilot-launch an AI-based price-checking application (app) that compares supermarket prices of agricultural and livestock products in real time. It also plans to expand the adoption of AI technology at agricultural and livestock production sites to boost productivity.
On the 16th at the Blue House, during a second-half work briefing attended by President Lee Jae-myung, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced a plan centered on these measures.
To expand the adoption of AI technology at agricultural and livestock production sites, the share of smart agriculture (greenhouses) based on facility horticulture area, currently at 20%, will be raised to 35% by 2030. To that end, the ministry will expand smart agriculture and livestock hubs from the current 10 to 23 going forward.
It will push for the commercialization of 25 AI models for agriculture, including crop harvesting and sorting robots; integrate AI into "visiting services"; pilot an AI-based demand-responsive transportation model; and apply AI to the currently operating regional transportation models (82 counties).
The ministry also plans to tighten the reins on NongHyup reform in the second half. It will pass the first-phase NongHyup reform plan in the National Assembly in the second half, which includes introducing a direct election system for the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation president and establishing an external audit body, and will push to legislate within the year a second-phase reform plan to revitalize economic projects.