Digital Solution
Integrated Information System for Fruit Tree Cultivation

country Republic of Korea

Integrated Information System for Fruit Tree Cultivation solution provides useful and timely information, on weather or insect pest outbreak forecasts for example, to help fruit tree farms prepare against potential risks and minimize losses. It applies smart farming to open fields and orchards, making diverse agricultural environment data available for public use. It provides helpful information to farmers through the Integrated Information System for Fruit Tree Cultivation, in cooperation with data portals of other agencies such as the Rural Development Administration’s Pesticide Safety Information System. The detailed functions include 1) Create a detailed weather map, and provide local weather forecasts 2) Detect, analyze and predict potential weather or climate events affecting fruit trees (via frost/ chilling/ high heat/ high night heat damages, etc.) 3) Predict potential insect pest or disease outbreaks (affecting grapes, pears, apples and peaches) 4) Conduct research on fruit tree growth stages 5) Provide mobile version of Integrated Information System for Fruit Tree Cultivation (allowing farmers to access weather forecasts from their fields) 6) Develop and apply smart farming technologies for grape production and open field orchards

Digital Solution (DS) Category

Digital Agriculture

Digital Agrifood Services

Digital Solution Type (sub-category)

Weather forecasting services, Pest and disease management

Supply chain management, Value chains management

Delivery type (format)

Internet of Things / sensors

Web based platform

DS supplier-user category

Government to business

Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)

Government agency

Name of supplier/developer

Fruit Tree R&D Office, Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Hwaseong

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

Minimized damage to or losses for farms, through provision to them of open access to information for fruit tree growing (re: flowering date predictions, potential risks, etc.)

Digital Solution Geographic scope

All over Korea

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)

Main DS webpage

DS links to Government programmes, initiatives, and projects

DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes