Midbar, based in South Korea, provides a paradigm shifting air-inflated smartfarm called ‘AirFarm’ that ensures sustainable food production anytime, anywhere.

As 70% of water is being overused for agriculture, Airfarm’s efficient water optimization technologies are crucial for food security in areas that lack water resources such as the Middle East. Airfarm's aeroponics technology which optimizes water supply, reduces 99% of water compared to conventional farming, and 90% compared to existing smartfarms. Hence, Airfarm can be operated without having an outer water infrastructure being connected. Due to this unparalleled advantage, Airfarm is already being deployed in desert areas such as Abu Dabi and Jordan, cultivating crops with minimal water resources, providing food security.

Furthermore, unlike heavy steel structured smartfarms, the inflatable lightweight yet resilient Airfarm takes only half a day from full installation to starting cultivation. Weighing only 0.2 tons, 25 times lighter than other container farms, Airfarm can be easily maneuvered and installed in any areas requiring immediate food production. Airfarm produces over 12 crop cycles per year of leafy green vegetables, carrots, seed-potatos etc. and is 70% cost-efficient compared to other vertical farms. This enables sustainable food production in harsh environments such as refugee camps and war-stricken areas or locations prone to natural disasters that require urgent, reliant, yet cost-effective food supply.

Lastly, the enclosed Airfarm module controls the internal cultivation environment individually ensuring sustainable production without being affected from any forms of climate change. The enclosed environment control system cultivates high quality organic vegetables to grow throughout the year regardless of external environment change. As climate change has become a big problem making yearly cultivation forecasts unpredictable, Airfarm is a suitable fit for reliant predictable crop cultivation for human security.