Seowon Farm (Smart Swinery)
Republic of Korea
Seowon Farm improves swine management efficiency by incorporating ICT-based facilities and equipment. While many pig farms still rely on traditional manual feeding systems, Seowon Farm has adopted a smart swinery system featuring automatic sow feeders, air conditioners and other ICT equipment, setting a new standard in the industry. The system’s main functions include: (1) automatic feeders for sow breeding; (2) air conditioning for swinery temperature management; (3) a liquid manure system using microorganisms to reduce odours; and (4) light intensity controls for optimal sow management.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agrifood Services
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Supply chain management, Value chains 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
Agricultural Corporation Q / Seowon Ranch
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
Improvements in pig farming productivity (Increases in annual rates both of farrowing and of piglets per sow)
Source: Developer website
Digital Solution Geographic scope
Boeun-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province
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