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There are a lot of people who are worried that the price will rise even more when they hear the news of abnormal weather such as a sudden cold wave or a late rainy season. State-of-the-art farms that can grow vegetables without being affected by the weather in the city center are attracting attention. As the future of agriculture is expected, there are many challenges to overcome.



Reporter Jeon Yeon-nam covered the story.



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vegetable farm has been established in the city center not far from the subway station.



3,500 leafy vegetables are grown abundantly in each layer with 5 layers.



It is a state-of-the-art farm that does not receive a single ray of sunlight, but uses LEDs instead and is equipped with an automatic temperature and humidity control system.



[Choi Jung-won / Happy Farm Cooperative representatives: because these changes radeunga these temperatures because the indoor farms would you 365 days so we supply to consumers in constant prices]



have skyrocketed neutjangma and sotgap poles of extreme weather, such as autumn cold However, indoor farms are not affected at all.



This is the reason why such smart farms, which apply 'Agtech', a precision agricultural technology based on data, are emerging as a new industry.



Being in the city center can also reduce distribution costs.



[Kim So-yeon/Consumer: Because the prices of expensive vegetables and things like that are kept constant, and they are growing strangely inside... .] The



domestic smart farm market has grown steadily since 2018 and is expected to reach approximately KRW 3 trillion by 2024.



However, there are still many technical and institutional constraints to establish itself as the mainstream of agriculture.



There are concerns about conflicts with existing agricultural workers as only a few crops that can be cultivated so far, such as leafy vegetables and fruits, and a large amount of capital must be invested, large corporations must participate.



[Moon Jeong-hoon/Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Seoul National University: The types of crops that can be produced (with smart farms) are very limited at present.

In the case of such crops that are consumed as food, it is a bit difficult (I can say that)]



Above all, it is an evaluation that there is a long way to go before gaining competitiveness in the existing agriculture.



(Video coverage: Yoo Dong-hyeok, video editing: Kim Jong-mi)