Growing Fruit and Vegetable in Bandung, Induk KUD Smart Farming Pilot Projects

Bandung, the capital of West Java, is the third city with most compact population in Indonesia. Bandung is most beautiful place in this peculiar country. It has unique legends that are beyond the imagination of even the most whimsical travellers. Bandung is filled with also extremely uncommon bizarre sceneries. Bandung, known as the Paris of Java, is no wonder being complimented with the reputation of “the most beautiful city in Indonesia”.

According to the data released in the CBRE Study in September 2017, Bandung is one of the top 10 destinations for Indonesia’s future investment. Bandung is located approximately 140 kilometers in the southeast of Jakarta. The recent infrastructure projects (including high-speed railways connecting the city with Jakarta) will create many new investment opportunities in the medium term.

Indonesia’s  President  Jokowi participated in the Bandung Creative City Forum (BCCF) when he visited Bandung on the 10th November 2018. Jokowi has given highest compliment to the innovative ability of Bandung: “Bangka has the potential to become a hub of innovation and development in Indonesia. This is a city that is very open and filled with innovative spirit.” In his opinion, Bandung has fulfilled the conditions to participate in the 4th industrial revolution (Industry 4.0).

Jokowi believes that achieving economic development is inseparable from economic innovation and a sound economic environment. E-commerce is the frontier industry of economic innovation, and the government should provide more support to the industry. “The world is undergoing tremendous rapid changes, and the development of e-commerce is the mainstream trend of today. I am very much looking forward to seeing our Indonesian innovation industry achieve  something, and Bandung’s progress in this area seems to be leading the entire Indonesia.

In view of this, Duke Capital once again collaborated with the National Federation of Rural Co-operative (Induk KUD) and have brought Shanghai Zuoanxinhui Electronic & Technology Co., Ltd, a smart agricultural solution technology company based in Shanghai, China to be the technical partner of the National Federation of Rural Co-operative (Induk KUD), and to assist the farmers of the National Federation of Rural Co-operative (Induk KUD) in establishing a “smart vegetable and fruit farming base” in Bandung. [iii][iv]

Shanghai Zuoanxinhui Electronic & Technology Co., Ltd has the most leading core IoT technology in China which has been widely used in the areas of smart agriculture, intelligent environmental protection, and intelligent fire safety. The company specializes in the agricultural IoT technology and is committed to promote the scaled application of IoT technology in agricultural industry. The company has integrated IoT technology closely with the technologies of mobile internet, wireless communication, cloud computing, QR code, RFID, through the means of convenience, real-time, materialization and intelligence to cover comprehensively the four elements of agricultural production chain, management, administration and service, and has built ZUOAN Smart Agriculture Cloud Platform to promote the integration of all-round industries in rural areas, as well as to provide a comprehensive solution for smart agriculture, precision agriculture, high efficiency of agriculture and green agriculture.

Through the technical support of Shanghai Zuoanxinhui Electronic & Technology Co., Ltd, the National Federation of Rural Co-operative (Induk KUD) is aspired to promote a nationwide “smart agriculture” and “precision poverty alleviation” to the entire Indonesia through the starting point of the smart vegetable and fruit farming base in Bandung. “The core technology of Shanghai Zuoanxinhui Electronic & Technology Co., Ltd that has attracted me most is their ultra-low power consumption smart digital sensor, which is extremely important for the realization of smart agriculture in many rural areas in Indonesia where sufficient power supply environment is still absent.”, stated Mr David Wu, the Secretary-General of the overseas representative of the National Federation of Rural Co-operative (Induk KUD).

The National Federation of Rural Co-operative (Induk KUD) firmly believes that with Shanghai Zuoanxinhui Electronic & Technology Co., Ltd technology combined with its practical experience in operating smart agricultural solutions in various states in China, added with the Indonesian government’s recognition to the potential of Bandung in becoming “Innovative Development Port of Indonesia”, it will be very pro-active and encouraging for the realization of the vision of the National Federation of Rural Co-operative (Induk KUD) in implementing “Smart Agriculture” to promote “Precision Poverty Alleviation”.