VCI Global ventures into AI-based smart greenhouse farming with Agroz

VCI Global announced it will be collaborating with Agroz Group Sdn Bhd to develop large scale, energy efficient artificial intelligence based smart greenhouses to address food security issues. AI-based smart greenhouse farming provides the ideal solution to meet the inevitable significant leap in demand for food from the expanding population. The yield per acre would be higher than traditional farming as this type of farming extends growing seasons while AI-aided controlled environment minimises external threats to the crops, produces consistent quality of yields and reduces nutrient wastage just to name a few advantages of AI-based smart greenhouse farming. “We believe we can play more than our part by offering our AI expertise in boosting food production. With space being literally limited, the ideal way forward to increase productivity is through CEA greenhouse farming where crops can be produced all year round. This collaboration will also help Malaysia’s reliance on food imports, easing the pressure on the foreign exchange also,” said Dato’ Victor Hoo, Group Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VCI Global.