VR Digital Agriculture Demonstration Base in Jiangxi China

Project Overview

A Metaverse and VR Digital Agriculture Demonstration Base was established in Honggutan District, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China to explore a new model of high-efficiency greenhouse farming, digital crop management, and immersive agricultural traceability.

The project combines smart greenhouse infrastructure, IoT sensing, intelligent fertigation control, soilless cultivation, digital visualization, and VR-based food traceability. It supports the standardized production of high-quality tomatoes while creating a more transparent, interactive, and technology-driven agricultural experience for visitors, buyers, and consumers.

The environmental sensing, climate data collection, irrigation control, and centralized management functions follow the same architecture used in a complete IoT greenhouse monitoring system.

Project Profile

Project Challenges

Modern greenhouse agriculture increasingly requires both efficient production and digital value-added services. This project addressed several common challenges:

• High water and fertilizer consumption in traditional vegetable cultivation
• Limited visibility into crop growth and greenhouse operation data
• Need for precise management of irrigation, fertigation, and environmental conditions
• Difficulty in presenting the full crop production process to consumers
• Growing demand for traceable, transparent, and interactive agricultural branding

Smart Agriculture Solution

1. High-Standard Smart Greenhouse for Production and Research

The project deploys a greenhouse system designed for both commercial production and agricultural R&D. It integrates:

• Environmental sensing devices
• Intelligent water and fertilizer control equipment
• Advanced soilless cultivation systems
• Greenhouse climate monitoring and data collection tools
• Automated data transmission and centralized management

These technologies provide the foundation for precise crop management and help support the cultivation of high-yield, high-quality, and nutritious tomatoes.

2. Intelligent Fertigation and Soilless Cultivation

A smart fertigation system was introduced to improve resource efficiency and crop consistency. The system supports:

• Precise water and nutrient delivery
• Data-based irrigation scheduling
• Reduced fertilizer waste
• More stable crop growth in greenhouse conditions
• Higher efficiency compared with conventional cultivation methods

The soilless cultivation model also enables cleaner, more controlled tomato production and contributes to modern greenhouse standardization.

3. Digital Traceability and VR Virtual Picking Experience

The project creates a digital food traceability and virtual agricultural experience system. Through visualized scenes and VR interaction, the platform can display the full production lifecycle, including:

• Seedling growth
• Transplanting and cultivation
• Irrigation and fertilization
• Plant training and pruning
• Pest and disease prevention
• Harvesting
• Packaging and delivery

This helps present the crop journey from greenhouse to consumer in a more transparent and engaging way, supporting premium agricultural branding and e-commerce promotion.

Key Technologies Applied

The project integrates multiple smart agriculture technologies, including:

• Greenhouse environmental monitoring sensors
• Intelligent fertigation control systems
• Soilless tomato cultivation facilities
• Data acquisition and transmission terminals
• Digital crop growth visualization tools
• VR-based agricultural traceability display
• Full-process production management platform

Project Results

The project also contributes to:

• More scientific greenhouse crop management
• Improved efficiency of irrigation and nutrient use
• Better demonstration of modern agricultural infrastructure
• Stronger consumer trust through traceability and digital presentation
• Broader promotion of smart greenhouse and digital agriculture models

Business Value

This project demonstrates how smart greenhouse systems, soilless cultivation, digital traceability, and VR agricultural experiences can be integrated into one solution.

The same sensing, fertigation, and digital visualization architecture can be extended to multi-layer indoor crop production through a vertical farming IoT solution.

It is especially suitable for:

• Modern greenhouse vegetable farms
• Agricultural science and education parks
• Digital agriculture demonstration zones
• Premium fruit and vegetable production bases
• Agritourism and interactive agricultural exhibition projects
• Brand-oriented farms requiring transparent traceability systems

By combining production efficiency with immersive digital storytelling, the project helps agricultural operators improve both operational value and market communication value.

Learn more about JW-IoT’s complete greenhouse automation solution for commercial growing facilities.