Efficiency from applying science and technology in agriculture

45 high-tech agricultural models, exceeding 12.5% ​​of the plan by 2025

Dong Nai has identified the development of high-tech agriculture as one of the important tasks in the 2020-2025 term according to the Resolution of the 11th Provincial Party Congress. This is a direction to help the province's agricultural sector develop sustainably, helping people increase profits many times over compared to traditional production methods. Agricultural products applying high technology have more favorable output, in addition to consumption in the domestic market, they can be officially exported to a number of countries such as China, Korea, Japan, etc.

Up to now, 7 localities of Dong Nai province in the Southwest economic region including districts: Long Thanh, Nhon Trach, Trang Bom, Thong Nhat, Bien Hoa city, Long Khanh city and part of Vinh Cuu district have focused on developing high-tech agriculture with many positive results. Specifically, in the above localities, 100% of the newly planted and replanted areas have used new varieties, high-quality varieties; applied water-saving irrigation systems on crops.

The Southwestern economic zone of Dong Nai has now established safe edible and medicinal mushroom product chains in Trang Bom, Thong Nhat districts and Long Khanh city; ornamental fish production and trading areas in Vinh Cuu, Long Thanh, Trang Bom districts and Bien Hoa city; flower and ornamental plant production and trading areas in Thong Nhat district...

High-tech agricultural models yield 2-3 times more productivity than conventional production. Source: ITN

The whole province now has about 1,000 hectares of bananas and rice using drones to spray pesticides; nearly 149 hectares of crop area using greenhouse and net house technology. The province also has about 27.5% of livestock farms using cold barns and closed barns; 65% of the total pig herd; 49% of the total chicken herd using high technology.

The goal is to have 40 high-tech agricultural models in the province by 2025. However, to date, in the field of cultivation alone, there have been 45 high-tech models, exceeding the plan by 12.5% ​​by 2025. The models all have productivity 2-3 times higher than conventional production.

In particular, localities in the Southwest economic region have advantages in developing high-tech agricultural models, many models of sustainable intensive farming with high economic efficiency have appeared. Typical examples include: the super-intensive shrimp farming model in the two districts of Long Thanh and Nhon Trach with a total area of ​​171 hectares for a profit of about 600 - 800 million VND/ha, the durian growing model in Cam My district, Long Khanh city... for high profits from 700 million VND to 1 billion VND/ha/year.

Many typical examples

Mr. Vo Van Tam (a farmer in An Phuoc commune, Long Thanh district) shared that at first, he invested in a ^1,000m2 greenhouse to grow melons. After a trial period to master the craft, he harvested about 20 tons each year, only selling melons at an average price of 25,000 VND/kg, the average income of this model is about 300 million VND/year. Seeing that this high-tech application model brings economic efficiency, in early 2024, Mr. Tam invested in expanding an additional 1.2ha of greenhouse to grow melons. The products are safe and of good quality, so before investing, his farm had a partner to order products at a good price.

Mr. Vo Van Tam said that applying science and technology is suitable for production in urban areas where agricultural land is increasingly narrowing, agricultural labor is increasingly scarce, but income per unit area is much higher than traditional farming models.

Nhon Trach District is a locality with nearly 2,000 hectares of water surface for aquaculture, of which shrimp farming accounts for more than 90%. To develop large-scale aquaculture areas, the district has connected and deployed a model of applying scientific technology to farming, which has been implemented by many pioneering farmers.

Mr. Nguyen Truong Dai (a farmer in Vinh Thanh commune, Nhon Trach district) started raising shrimp in 2009. Initially, he converted his rice fields to raise shrimp in the traditional way, earning only about 30 million VND/1.5 ha, not much better than growing rice. With the support of the Economic Department and the District Farmers' Association, Mr. Dai attended training classes and then switched to raising shrimp with tarpaulin lining the bottom of the pond. Economic efficiency gradually improved.

In 2014, with preferential loans, Mr. Dai boldly expanded his pond to 4 hectares, focusing on developing the high-tech CPF-Combine Model. With this model, the water source is treated cleanly, and the salinity is balanced before releasing the shrimp. Thanks to that, the shrimp have a safe environment to grow, with a low loss rate.

Thanks to the application of science and technology in shrimp farming, the average yield per crop reaches 40 tons/ha. At an average price of 130,000 VND/kg, after deducting all expenses, Mr. Dai earns about 1.5-1.6 billion VND/year, much higher than rice farming and previous shrimp farming models. Currently, the shrimp farming cooperative headed by him has 4 households, and has been recognized by the Department of Fisheries as an aquaculture area that meets VietGAP standards.

Mr. Nguyen Van Thang, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the province, said that in recent times, localities have encouraged and commended many typical examples in technology transfer inventions as well as applications of science and technology in agriculture, paying attention to planning high-tech agricultural zones. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development will also mobilize resources, prioritize investment to gradually complete the infrastructure of concentrated production areas, form raw material areas for processing, serving exports.

Source: https://daibieunhandan.vn/dia-phuong/hieu-qua-tu-ung-dung-khoa-hoc-cong-nghe-trong-nong-nghiep-i387121/