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The Industrial Revolution 4.0, in addition to the potential to overhaul the industry, also changed various aspects of human life. Almost all nations have included this movement on their national agenda, as a way to increase competitiveness in the global market arena. 4IR includes a variety of advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), wearables, sophisticated robotics, and 3D printing. The five main sectors that will be Indonesias focus for the initial adoption of these technologies are food and beverages, textiles and clothing, automotive, chemical and electronics. Indonesias abundant agricultural resources are supporting the food and beverage sector so that they have great growth potential, and also as one of the capital to build competitive advantage in the production of biochemical products. According to the Law of the Republic of Indonesia number 16 of 2006, agriculture which includes food crops, horticulture, plantations, and animal husbandry is all activities that include upstream business, farming, agro-industry, marketing, and supporting services for the management of biological natural resources in the agroecosystem, which appropriate and sustainable, with the help of technology, capital, labor, and management to get the maximum benefit for the welfare of society. Horticulture is an art, technology, science, and business for planting and utilizing garden plants and plantations. Efforts to meet the needs of consumers and the community must meet the requirements for evaluating the quantity, quality and continuity of the product. The low productivity of horticulture is caused by problems such as scattered locations, small and inefficient business scale, policies and regulations in the banking, transportation and export and import sectors that have not fully supported national horticultural agribusiness actors. Horticulture business has great potential. Horticultural products need to be encouraged in order to support increased exports. One effort that can be done is to maximize processed fruits and vegetables, with the main objective of reducing dependence on imports of raw materials for agricultural products so as to increase efficiency throughout the industrial value chain through the application of Industry 4.0.