Alesca Platform
Japan
Alesca Life is an agricultural technology company that builds turnkey vertical farms and precision agriculture solutions to maximize farm productivity and efficiency. Alesca democratizes access to fresh and nutritious food by democratizing the means and knowledge of production. It has 4 major digital solutions 1) Alesca Cloud is a web and smartphone-based operations and supply chain management system which organizes all daily tasks, tracks all production, and provides insights through customizable dashboards 2) The Alesca Container Farm is a turnkey precision farming solution for commercial scale food production. This all-in-one system is loaded with advanced monitoring, automation, and climate control capabilities 3) The Alesca Fresh Indoor Farm is a compact cabinet farm for on-site food production. This energy and water efficient system is fully automated and optimized for microgreen and leafy green production and 4) Alesca Sprout is an environmental monitoring and automation system for hydroponic farming operations. This sensor-based control box automates dosing, irrigation, and other farm electrical equipment.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Agrifood Services
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Farm management services, Precision agriculture, Urban agriculture, indoor farming
Supply chain management
Delivery type (format)
Cloud-based
Mobile app
Web based platform
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
Alesca Life Technologies Limited
Primary Users
Farmers , Agribusiness / private company , 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
The platform helps in farms become most energy efficient by 30-60% lower Capital Expenses per kilogram in comparison to global vertical farming projects. On top of that, Alesca facility has 10-20% lower Operating Expenses per kilogram compared to other farms in Japan. Source: https://www.verticalfarmdaily.com/article/9622987/japan-vertical-farm-launched-which-operates-on-30-60-lower-capex-than-other-farms/
Digital Solution Geographic scope
All over Japan
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