The cost of LED plant lights in 2016 has fallen sharply compared to 2015. Each lumen is equivalent to NT$0.38, which is only 1/5 of the NT$1.8 in 2010. This has driven Philips, Osram, Mitsubishi, Panasonic and other international manufacturers to invest. Innovative application of LED plant factories, Taiwan, which has the advantages of both LED and agriculture industries, certainly does not want to miss business opportunities, adding scientific and technological innovation to agriculture, and allowing enterprises to increase their value to 100 million yuan.
Taiwan has the advantages of developing LED lights with special wavelengths, customizable products, low construction costs, overall solutions, and technology transfer in plant factories. However, it also faces insufficient government support, uneven products, and low brand awareness. The hidden worry, the first to solve the problem at this stage is the promotion strategy of LED plant lights.
The plant factory originated in Denmark in 1957 due to insufficient sunlight to hinder the growth and development of plants, and then Japan, the United States, and the Netherlands have successively invested in them. However, due to factors such as excessive cost, insufficient technology, and poor experience, they caused poor management. Until the 21st century, due to greenhouse The effect is getting more and more serious before it gets attention from all walks of life again.
From the perspective of agricultural development, modern agricultural development, thanks to the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, can rapidly increase production to supply the huge food demand generated by a rapidly increasing population, which has contributed greatly to solving the global food and poverty problem. However, traditional agriculture is purely dependent on the weather. Not only is crop cultivation restricted by climate and seasons, and cannot be produced as planned, even if crops are harvested, they are affected by the decline in quantity and price; in addition, farmers use a lot of pesticides to prevent pests and diseases in order to ensure the harvest. Therefore, it has caused doubts about food safety. In order to increase production capacity, excessive use of chemical fertilizers not only increases costs, but also pollutes farmland, rivers, lakes and the ocean, and may also cause excessive nitrate content and harm consumers.
Another reason for the popularity of plant factories is that the global construction industry is eager to seek new development through investment in agriculture due to the economic downturn and the decline in public construction projects. Chain catering and supermarket companies hope to build their own vegetable bases to form a stable supply of raw materials. Due to the gradual transfer of the manufacturing sector to overseas in the electronics industry, a large number of clean workshops used for the production of precision devices such as chips have been left unused. These workshops can be transformed into plant factories with only a little modification. Therefore, these three industries have become the most active pioneers in investing in plant factories.
Therefore, the high degree of automation of the plant factory, which can be planted 24/7 like a factory, produces fresh and hygienic fruits and vegetables on the ground, and does not cause pollution to the environment. It naturally attracts the attention of the government and academic research institutions. In addition to the transportation costs saved by adopting the plant factory production model, the plant factory has the opportunity to become a real alternative to the traditional crop production model. This is also the reason why venture capital and private equity funds pay attention to the plant factory.
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