One database - many production areas develop together

Production areas stretch from the coast to the highlands with different natural conditions and crop structures.

Data bias - the "bottleneck" at the base

Lam Dong province currently has more than 1 million hectares of agricultural land, including 640,000 hectares of perennial crops and 370,000 hectares of annual crops. Production areas stretch from the coast to the highlands with different natural conditions and crop structures.

This diversity makes the unification of direction and management a complex task. According to the assessment of the authorities, after the merger, many communes and wards lack specialized agricultural staff, and even have only one person in charge of many fields, while the level of expertise is not equal. The collection and synthesis of data therefore lacks uniformity, leading to discrepancies between localities.

Many fields such as pest investigation, area statistics, and export growing area code management all require a consistent and continuously updated data source. However, each locality still uses different forms and software, making it difficult to synthesize and compare. This inconsistency directly affects the planning of raw material areas, pest forecasting, and the plan to issue growing area codes, which are the foundations for modern agriculture.

Faced with this reality, Lam Dong’s agricultural sector is reviewing and consolidating professional programs and plans from three regions, forming a unified command system from the province to the grassroots level to avoid duplication. At the same time, the agricultural sector is implementing standardization of production data, unifying forms, investigation processes and methods of storing and sharing information between localities.

According to the plan, in the coming time, the agricultural sector will build a unified agricultural data portal, integrating all information on area, output, pests, agricultural materials, growing area codes and traceability chains. When completed, this system will help management agencies make quick decisions, and at the same time, open data for businesses and cooperatives to register and monitor transparently.

According to the leader of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, when data is updated in real time, the industry can forecast pests, regulate crops, and issue planting area codes based on science . This is the only way for post-merger agriculture to operate effectively and transparently. In addition, the industry is applying technology in crop management, pest warnings, and weather forecasting. Monitoring of planting areas and export packaging facilities is done through software, helping to shorten time, reduce errors, and improve reliability.

Connecting data of key production areas

The merger is not only an administrative change, but also an opportunity to link key growing areas, forming an inter-provincial value chain: production, processing, export. The provincial agricultural sector is building a digital map of key growing areas linked with the traceability system, attaching a "digital identity" to each production area. This is a necessary step for Lam Dong to move towards transparent agriculture, responsible to the market and consumers.

To operate this system, the agricultural sector has identified human training as key. In the coming time, commune-level agricultural staff will be trained in digitalization skills, data management and production statistics. When data - technology - people operate effectively together, a unified agricultural system will be formed not only in terms of boundaries, but also in terms of thinking and management methods.

Lam Dong today is not only the "capital of vegetables and flowers" but is also becoming a center of high-tech agriculture and connecting the Central Highlands - South Central region. The merger opens up many challenges but is also an opportunity for the province to shift from manual management to digital management, from individual production to regional chain linkage.

Source: https://baolamdong.vn/mot-co-so-du-lieu-nhieu-vung-san-xuat-cung-phat-trien-397550.html