The Venlo greenhouse Solution (Wol Hwa Su Mok Geum Tomatoes)
Republic of Korea
Wol Hwa Su Mok Geum Tomatoes is related to plum tomato production based on Venlo greenhouse environmental control system. It Introduced an advanced European greenhouse environmental control system, not yet used by most farms in the Republic of Korea, into the field of horticulture. The Venlo greenhouse is a facility that connects double-roofed greenhouses with high eaves and narrow widths, with the Internet of Things and sensors used for automatic control of the environment in accordance with external factors such as temperature, humidity and solar radiation. Information can be sent to internal sensors after detection of external temperature/humidity, solar radiation, wind direction/ speed and rainfall, through introduction of a complex greenhouse environmental control system - Control of various equipment, such as roof/side vents, ventilation fans, nutrient solution controllers and boilers/mists, based on information on external environment
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agrifood Services
Digital Agriculture
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Supply chain management, Value chains management
IoT/Sensor controlled water management
Delivery type (format)
Internet of Things / sensors
DS supplier-user category
Business to business
Business to consumers
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Agritech company
Name of supplier/developer
Wol Hwa Su Mok Geum Tomatoes Farm
Primary Users
Farmers , Value chain actors
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (broad use use locally)
Number of users or subscribers
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Increases in annual production and sales per unit area Savings on labor, increased yields, and sustained stability of high-quality crops Building up of big data through P3storage of collected data in cloud
Digital Solution Geographic scope
Hwangdeung-myeon, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do
Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes