Asia Seed is a seed research, production, processing, distribution, and sales company that listed on KOSDAQ in 2018.
The company produces and sells vegetable seeds across 243 crops and 1,444 varieties, holding a distinctive position in male-sterile cabbage and broccoli variety development as well as colored baby-leaf and sprout vegetable breeding.
It is strengthening market competitiveness through variety diversification and functional variety development in core crops such as chili pepper, radish, onion, and tomato.
Its domestic research bases span four locations in Icheon (Gyeonggi), Gimje (North Jeolla), and Haenam and Yeongam (South Jeolla), where its biotechnology breeding institute and the Gimje Seed Valley breed numerous new varieties each year.
Overseas, its India subsidiary handles genetic resource collection, seed development, and export of red onions, a category accounting for a large share of the global onion market, while its Vietnam research center develops region-appropriate varieties and serves as a base for expansion into neighboring markets.
The company is also pursuing R&D innovation that integrates biotechnology with traditional breeding, shortening new variety development from seven-to-ten years to four-to-five years. It has recently been expanding exports into Southeast Asian markets including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand.
With relatively few listed seed companies in Korea, the industry carries high entry barriers, and the company differentiates itself through niche and functional vegetable varieties while competing against multinational seed majors.