Nongshim to build smart farm in Saudi Arabia by 2025
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Nongshim announced on Tuesday that it has been selected for South Korea s smart farm export project that aims to establish and operate a pilot greenho...
Nongshim announced on Tuesday that it has been selected for South Korea's smart farm export project that aims to establish and operate a pilot greenhouse in Saudi Arabia.
The project is initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and led by the Korea Agriculture Technology Promotion Agency, according to the company.
The agreement ceremony took place at Nongshim's headquarters in Seoul, attended by Nongshim CEO Lee Byung-hak, Korea Agriculture Technology Promotion Agency Director Ahn Ho-geun and other officials.
Previously, Nongshim exported a container-type smart farm to Oman in 2022. Since then, it has expanded its presence as a smart farm professional in the Middle East region, signing business agreements for smart farm exports with the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
For the project in Saudi Arabia, Nongshim will form a consortium with three domestic companies: SFarm, responsible for greenhouse operation and crop cultivation technology transfer; ioCrops, an artificial intelligence robotics company for smart farm management; and Pomit, an IT company specializing in smart farm plant information. The consortium aims to construct a smart farm, which is to cover approximately 4,000 square meters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, by the end of 2025.