What to do to promote the development of digital agricultural ecosystem in Vietnam?

Science - technology and production reorganization are assessed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as two important pillars in the project of restructuring the agricultural sector towards modernity. Both of the above aspects are closely related to digital transformation.

Change the method of agricultural development
In recent years, the agricultural industry has paid more attention to digital transformation solutions. Science and technology applications can be found in most fields, typically in the large-scale livestock farms of TH True Milk Group or Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk). At the dairy farms of these two units, IOT (internet of things application), Blockchain (blockchain technology), and biotechnology are widely applied.

Raising dairy cows at the farm of Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk)

In farming, along with IoT technology, Big Data (big data) has also begun to be applied through digital technology products, such as software that allows analysis of data on the environment, plants and stages. growth stage of the plant. Consumers can retrieve and track these parameters in real time…
The application of coding DND technology is also being gradually used in the management of forest varieties and forest products. With GIS technology and remote sensing images, management agencies of ministries and sectors can easily build early detection and warning software for forest fires from satellite images, monitoring software, as well as early detection of degradation. forest...
In seafood, digital transformation is also taking place quite strongly. For example, the use of ultrasonic fish detectors, flow meters, satellite phones; seine receiver; capture system - drop net capture. In particular, GIS technology and global positioning system (GPS) help manage offshore fishing fleets.
Currently, the application of biotechnology is also widely used in the selection and breeding of high-yield, high-quality, disease-resistant, and environmental-tolerant aquatic breeds. Recirculating aquaculture technology (RAS), biofloc technology, nanotechnology, marine cage culture technology, and cold water fish farming technology are also becoming more and more popular.
Fisheries is also the first agricultural sector to record the appearance of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, to analyze data on water quality; feed management and health of farmed shrimp. Automation technology has been widely applied in seafood processing from classification, mechanism, processing, to packaging, labeling..., helping to reduce production costs and ensure quality. Seafood products...

Effective "medicinal ladder" for agriculture
Practice shows that the recent successes of agriculture also have many contributions from the implementation of a system of science and technology development solutions to take advantage of the achievements of industry 4.0. There, digital transformation in agriculture is a total solution that contributes to improving the efficiency of the whole industry, creating breakthroughs in fast and sustainable development, enhancing added value and efficiency.

General Secretary of the Vietnam Digital Agriculture Association Nguyen Duc Tung said that digital transformation is considered an effective "medicinal ladder" for Vietnamese agriculture. It is very necessary to build an agricultural digital data system that allows storing and managing data of Vietnam's agriculture, combined with an application that displays that data on GIS in a vivid and intuitive way. .

Aquaculture is one of the agricultural sectors with the most powerful digital transformation applications

Vietnam's digital agricultural map system will meet the goal of managing and continuously updating data on soil, hydrology, agricultural products, forest products and fisheries in all provinces and cities nationwide. Thereby, helping state management agencies have enough data and updated data to plan macro strategies and strategies (including market search planning, management policy making, regional planning, etc.). Crops...).
In a related aspect, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that the digital data system in agriculture will also help connect buyers and sellers, expand output markets, and improve product values. Agricultural enterprises have objective, up-to-date and complete information for strategic planning and business planning.
Step by step forming a digital agricultural ecosystem
The digital transformation plan of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development sets out the goal of developing the digital economy in agriculture to promote businesses and people to participate in agricultural activities, to increase the application of digital technology in production and supply processes. providing agricultural services. Management and supervision of origin; gradually forming a digital agricultural ecosystem.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has set a target that 80% of agricultural databases will be built and updated on the basis of big data with contributions from organizations, individuals and communities. In which will basically complete the database on crops, livestock and aquatic products; Building a digital agricultural map ready to connect, share and provide open data to perform online public services for people and businesses; operate e-Government, move towards digital government, develop digital economy and digital society.

For digital transformation in agriculture, Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Environment (MARD) Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy said that promulgated policies need to be suitable to production practices and highly practical in order to achieve digital transformation in agriculture. mobilize resources for synchronous and comprehensive development of smart agriculture 4.0. From there, actively invest in technology suitable for each ecological region and production scale to create a new vitality.
Many opinions also recommend that investing in people's minds is the most important. If there is a good mindset, there are programs to develop thinking directly for people, for every 1 million people, about 10 thousand people apply digital transformation thinking, it will also change millions of people. Most importantly, it takes a combination of both policy and education for successful digital transformation in agriculture.

According to the assessment, the potential of digital transformation in agriculture in Vietnam is very large because of the high support from agencies, ministries, branches to technology enterprises and agricultural enterprises. This is a global trend, no one can go against it. Therefore, it is necessary to do better, invest more in technology and software to increase the efficiency of management and production in the future, moving towards a smart agriculture.

By: Kinhtedothi