Meta Organic Technology (CEO Ahn Yi-young) will participate in the ‘7 Agri & Food Tech Start-up Rising Expo’ held at COEX Hall A in Seoul for three days from July 26th (Wednesday) to 28th (Friday). 3)’.
Meta Organic Technology is a company that realizes the automation of super-premium agricultural products production system by discovering nature’s natural taste, aroma, and nutritional density through science and technology. △ Collect biochemical data of soil and electromagnetic signal data of plants in real time, △ Establish AIoT core algorithm based on real-time data, △ A one-stop production of premium agricultural products easily through an automated system that establishes a comprehensive management system for natural elements. The explanation of the official is that it provides a solution. In addition, a visualization system that identifies how plants’ DNA synthesis ability improves during the production automation process will be introduced.
Ultimately, an approach based on the essential mechanism of life that realizes clean food that can confirm all processes from soil to table with data, and overcomes the climate crisis and external variables of insects and bacteria. It has an aspiration to induce the understanding and education of the consumer market on the consumer market, to satisfy the consumer’s right to know, as well as to bring about changes in the production environment led by the consumer.
At this exhibition, a soil sensor that collects soil biochemical data in real time will be introduced. By enabling sensors to be added in the desired biochemical data-related module form, there is an advantage in that the target marker can be freely expanded. This makes it possible to track complex soil ecosystems in real time and derive numerous economic functions in the soil. For example, by measuring the total amount of carbon in the soil in real time, the carbon storage capacity of the soil can be evaluated. This is expected to lead to new business models in the agricultural sector. The company explains that it is a solution that can solve the inefficiency caused by the absence of accurate data.
Meta Organic Technology is establishing a collaborative system with a global soil sensor distribution company to build a plant and soil data warehouse based on soil sensors and sensors that collect electromagnetic waves from plants. Regarding this, a company official said, “Based on this data, we provide real-time customized premium agricultural production solutions to customer farms through the process of upgrading our algorithm. Customer farms will be able to reduce costs and increase profits through dramatic reductions in the use of fertilizers and pesticides, increased yields, and premiumization of crops produced.”
So far, Meta Organic Technology has mainly carried out PoC projects with local governments and farming associations to prove the excellence of the technology in the field. An official said, “PoC is a verification stage of concepts and technologies before full automation, and mainly has limitations of analog management systems. However, as a result of the PoC, the nutritional density is 2 to 113 times higher than the national food code, and the taste and aroma are highly evaluated by consumers. Based on the PoC so far, from the second half of this year, we are going to lead domestic farming associations and overseas sales performance for technology dissemination in earnest.”
In addition, “In addition to the soil IOT device released this time, the plant electromagnetic signal IOT device is almost in the development stage and is expected to be released on the market within a few months. If that happens, the basic framework for a customized production system will be completed based on real-time data of soil and plants in the field.” I expect to be able to do it,” he expressed his anticipation.
Meanwhile, at AFRO 2023, the largest Agtech & Foodtech event in Korea, domestic startups with global growth potential in Agtech, Foodtech, and Green Bio will exhibit products and services to solve various problems in the agriculture and food industries, Various programs such as conferences discussing the present and future of Agtech and Foodtech and investment briefings (IR competitions) are held. This exhibition is hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and supervised by the Korea Agricultural Technology Promotion Agency, NH Nonghyup, COEX, and the Korea Food Tech Council.