Digital transformation towards green agriculture and sustainable development

Workshop "Digital transformation towards green agriculture and sustainable development".

Speaking at the opening of the workshop, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Trung said that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam has always determined that digital transformation of agriculture and rural development is an indispensable requirement for customers. and are the responsibilities, obligations and interests of the whole system, industries, science and technology enterprises and especially farmers; Digital transformation is an important way to help farmers and businesses produce quality agricultural products at the lowest cost, but with the highest profit.

The process of digital transformation of agriculture and rural industries in Vietnam still has many difficulties and challenges such as: Digital infrastructure in rural areas is still lacking; the scale of digital conversion application is still limited, not synchronized between regions, regions and localities; farmers' awareness and skills in using smart devices are limited; small cultivation area; agricultural enterprises have not invested much in digital transformation; The quality of human resources with high expertise in digital agriculture is still limited.

Therefore, the process of digital transformation of agriculture and rural development in Vietnam requires the participation not only of State management agencies at central and local levels, but also of businesses and people. and especially the support and sharing of experiences from the international community.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Trung spoke at the workshop.

In recent years, a number of technical assistance projects of international organizations such as UNDP, UNIDO, GIZ, IRRI, IDH, Oxfarm... have implemented many pilot models of digital application in production and collection. planning and distributing a number of key agricultural products of Vietnam such as rice, shrimp, coffee, fruit trees... and has achieved certain successes.

Currently, in Binh Thuan, the percentage of households growing dragon fruits using LED lights to replace Compact is: Growing according to GlobalGAP standards: 73%; VietGAP: 45%; organic: 50%; Traditional: 35%. Thanks to the switch to using electric light bulbs for dragon fruit trees from Compact bulbs to LED lights, it is possible to reduce up to 68% of emissions from electricity use, helping to produce greener dragon fruit, contributing to environmental protection.

According to Nguyen Quoc Toan, Director of the Center for Digital Transformation and Agricultural Statistics (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), the Ministry will focus on data digitization to serve the application of digitalization in the Agriculture sector. and Rural Development in the future.

Currently, the percentage of Vietnamese farmers using the internet every day is quite high, which is one of the advantages to help farmers apply digitalization in production. The application of digital transformation in agriculture not only helps farmers' agricultural, forestry and fishery products meet the market's requirements for transparency in the production process and product traceability. At the same time, digital transformation also helps farmers increase the value and efficiency of agricultural, forestry and fishery products.

At the Conference, for the first time, UNDP and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development introduced a model of an electronic traceability system to track the origin and "carbon footprint" of each dragon fruit produced. produced in Binh Thuan.

With this system, domestic and international consumers when buying or importing dragon fruit from the key production area of ​​Binh Thuan, Vietnam, can now scan a QR code to trace the origin of the fruit and its level of authenticity. “green” or environmentally friendly practices are applied to produce this fruit in the most transparent manner.

In the context of green transformation in agriculture, it is an important tool for local producers and businesses in Vietnam to monitor and manage the GHG emissions of the supply chain and avoid barriers. unnecessary barriers when exporting to high value markets, often where cross-border carbon regulation is moving forward.

PHUC HUY/People's Newspaper