Announcing research results on smart fertilization technology

16:08, December 27, 2023

On the morning of December 27, the Western Highlands Agricultural and Forestry Science and Technology Institute (WASI) in collaboration with enfarm Agricultural Technology Company organized a workshop to announce the results of research on smart fertilization technology and introduce the smart fertilization equipment set enfarm F (for households) and enfarm F+ (for cooperatives and businesses).

Attending the workshop were Dr. Nguyen Quoc Toan, Director of the Center for Digital Transformation and Agricultural Statistics ( Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ); representatives of relevant departments, branches and units; and a large number of cooperatives, farmers, experts and managers.

Dr. Nguyen Quoc Toan, Director of the Center for Digital Transformation and Agricultural Statistics, spoke at the workshop.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the fertilizer efficiency in Vietnam is very low, only reaching 40%, meaning that about 60% of the fertilizer that is not absorbed by plants is retained in the environment. The annual loss scale is equivalent to 60,000 billion VND, calculated at current fertilizer prices. Wasteful use of fertilizer is the cause of increased production costs, reduced competitiveness of agricultural products, environmental pollution and ecological imbalance.

In the context of Vietnam's strong commitment to the environment in the international market, enfarm Agricultural Technology Company has developed the smart fertilizer equipment set enfarm F and enfarm F+ to solve the fertilizer problem, helping farmers save on cultivation costs, increase crop productivity, prevent soil degradation and ensure the maintenance of a sustainable ecosystem.

Enfarm Agricultural Technology Company signed cooperation with a number of units

The enfarm F and enfarm F+ equipment sets include two components: a sensor device that collects information about the growth process of plants and nutrients in the soil, and a device that records and transmits data to the enfarm server system for analysis and returns information to farmers via a phone application. The enfarm AI system will simultaneously evaluate the criteria of the system of 4 closely related components (Soil - Water - Crops - Fertilizer), compare them with the recommended thresholds of plant science, thereby providing the most suitable solution to recommend each garden owner when to fertilize, what type and what dosage to improve economic benefits and protect the environment, creating a basis for farmers to easily achieve carbon credits according to the Law on Environmental Protection.

In addition, the enfarm application also integrates many other features such as providing information on humidity, pH, GPS, irrigation water volume and optimal irrigation days for crops... to help solve soil degradation problems and maintain a sustainable ecosystem. In particular, GPS is an urgent feature for Vietnam at the present time, supporting farmers to trace the origin of agricultural products, proving the origin of cultivated land in accordance with the European Union's anti-deforestation regulations.

Delegates visited the model of applying smart fertilizer technology.

Delegates visited the smart fertilizer technology application model.

Speaking at the workshop, Dr. Nguyen Quoc Toan, Director of the Center for Digital Transformation and Agricultural Statistics, emphasized: the application of technology in the digital transformation phase of agriculture is very important in production, this is the foundation for the agricultural sector to move towards the goal of developing green agriculture and sustainable agriculture that Vietnam is pursuing.

Minh Thuan

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