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KOICA-backed smart greenhouse opens in the Philippines
A KOICA-supported smart greenhouse opened in Kalibo, Aklan, in the Philippines, and held its first harvest of lettuce and cherry tomatoes.
The one-hectare site has four growing greenhouses, a nursery, cold storage and solar power, with systems to monitor growing conditions.
It also grows bell peppers and melons, and its produce is supplied to hotels and restaurants in Boracay, a tourist destination.
The sales are intended to help raise local farmers’ incomes, and output of major crops is expected to reach about 52 tonnes next year.
The greenhouse is part of a climate-focused farming project across four regions that began in 2023 and is due to run through next year, with $8 million in support from KOICA.
The project aims to help farmers withstand climate-related risks, improve crop sales and build local capacity to keep the greenhouses operating.
KOICA plans to expand the work, with another greenhouse opening planned in Iloilo on November 20.
A KOICA-backed smart greenhouse opened in Kalibo, Aklan province, Philippines, with its first harvest held on Nov. 7 local time.
The facility is the first production site under a South Korean-funded project to strengthen high-value crop value chains in the Visayas.
It has four growing greenhouses, a nursery, cold storage and solar power facilities across one hectare.
Lettuce, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes and melons from the site are supplied to hotels and restaurants on Boracay.
The project aims to help farmers adapt to climate change and increase their incomes through crop production and market access.
- Who
- KOICA, the Philippine Department of Agriculture and the Aklan provincial government held the opening and first-harvest event.
- What
- They opened a smart greenhouse and held its first harvest.
- When
- Nov. 7, 2026, local time.
- Where
- Kalibo, Aklan province, Philippines.
- Why
- The greenhouse is part of a project to expand climate-resilient farming and help farmers produce and sell high-value crops.
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KOICA began a project running through next year to support smart agriculture in four Philippine regions.
The greenhouse opening and first-harvest event took place in Kalibo, Aklan.
KOICA announced the opening and first harvest.
KOICA planned to hold an opening ceremony for another smart greenhouse in Tigbauan, Iloilo province.
- Site
- One hectare, with four growing greenhouses
- Facilities
- Nursery, cold storage and solar power installations
- Crops
- Lettuce, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes and melons
- Projected annual output
- About 52 tonnes of major crops next year
- Project budget
- $8 million from 2023 through next year
- Project regions
- Aklan, Iloilo, Antique and Negros Occidental
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