Global Lighthouse Network 2026
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Yunnan Baiyao builds capabilities of its key partners across the value chain FIGURE 16
In-house developmentSatellite r emote sensing
& AI empower yield
forecasting & herb
procurement
Herbal toothpaste's active
ingredients come fr om
plants of 3-year gr owth
and fr om widespr ead
areas, challenging yield-
forecasting & supply
stability . Using high-
resolution satellite images
& weekly r emote sensing
over 400,000 km², AI
algorithms pr ecisely map
cultivation ar eas. Based
on historical yield r ecords
and r egional
characteristics, annual
yield is for ecasted,
enabling county-level
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data & IoT engineers, softwar e
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+23p.p.
Yield pr ediction
accuracy-35%
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training and 20% mutual lear ning;
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PDCA-based performance
management91%
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equity incentives and
personalized benefits94%
Key r ole
retention
rate Inter nal capabilities
In-house developmentDigital cultivation
platform and multimodal
LLM to impr ove good
agricultur e practices
(GAP) adoption
Bad cultivation practices
cause excess pesticide,
mould & loss of actives.
A multimodal LLM, fine-
tuned on 100k+ planting,
processing and GAP
regulation entries guides
farmers on planting ar ea,
timing, quantity by Q&A
and identifies pests and
diseases based on
uploaded photos. Four
automated lines available
to farmers & partners for
cleaning, slicing and
drying use AI image
recognition for sorting and
grading, ensuring high
quality and timely material
processing. ytisrevinU
partnerships
10+ universities fulfill
majority of high-skill
needs and pr ovide
pipeline of inter ns
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80% of supplier base
Cloud, AI and collaborative tools
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management
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-26p.p.
Premium raw
material ratio
+19%
Farmers’
income-5p.p.
Ratio of r eturns
to farmersValue chain capabilities
Source: Global Lighthouse Network.
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