AgrotechThe Global Food Tech Awards APAC shortlist names five young companies from South Korea, India, Taiwan and Australia working on blockchain traceability, sprouted millet flour, upcycled produce and AI regulatory checks.
LivestockFifty-eight outbreaks on chicken and duck farms in winter and spring 2025-26 led to the culling of about 11.3 million layers and 400,000 broiler parent birds, according to a USDA Foreign Agricultural Service report.
CookingCooked in South Korea's mountain monasteries, temple food leaves out garlic, onion and three other pungent vegetables and builds flavour from seasonal plants, soybeans and long-aged sauces.
AgrotechResearchers at Chonnam National University in South Korea built an AI system that matches drone imagery with ground-robot LiDAR to build multilayer digital orchard models, locating robots within a few centimetres.
The 3,782-metric-ton quota, assigned to 98 bidders, keeps US oranges duty-free during Korea's September-to-February high-tariff season.
FruitsHawke's Bay grower John Bostock has secured southern-hemisphere rights to the Haegeum gold kiwifruit and wants to export it, which current rules reserve to Zespri.
South Korea aims to bring 20 percent of its agriculture under smart technology by 2022, and universities such as Chungbuk National University are researching soil health and biofertilisers.
VideoA South Korean farmer named Kim runs his cattle farm from an office, with chips on each cow sending health and environment data to his mobile phone.
