At the event (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – New technologies are key toadvancing the agriculture sector since they can boost the value of products tomake them more competitive on the global market, experts said.
Speaking at a conference on the use of high technology in theagricultural supply chain in Ho Chi Minh City on December 17, they saidadvanced technologies like blockchain could help companies, organisations andhouseholds in the agricultural sector raise productivity, save costs and createhigher-quality products.
Dao Ha Trung, Chairman of the HCM City High TechnologyAssociation, said many of Vietnam’s famous agricultural products such aspotatoes, carrots, persimmons, strawberries, onions and other vegetables wereaffected by poor-quality fakes from foreign countries.
Blockchain technology helps make product origins transparentand facilitates protection of the domestic market by enabling the public toidentify genuine Vietnamese products, Trung said.
So the city is fostering blockchain technologies inagriculture to connect Vietnamese products with the world market.
Since e-commerce is developing rapidly and new tradingplatforms are used across the world, agricultural outputs must meet customers’needs and ensure the quality of the whole production chain, he said.
The Vietnamese agricultural sector was trying to integrateinto the world market, but had faced challenges related to product quality,supply chains and transparency, he said.
Development of high-tech agriculture was the right policy andshould be done soon, and this dovetailed with current global trends and wouldalso help Vietnam’s agriculture sector resolve its problems like lack ofvalue-added products for export, low global competitiveness and inconsistencyin quality, he added.
By using blockchain technology, firms could cut back on thecost of product origin management to near zero, Vu Truong Ca, chairman ofagricultural supply chain company Lina Network, said.
But the Vietnamese agricultural sector had yet to understandthe importance of a well-functioning value chain or the advantage of using sucha modern technology, he said.
He said investment in the agricultural field was limitedbecause of the high risks due to Vietnam’s climate change threat andunder-developed infrastructure in remote and rural areas.
In order for farmers to sustainably develop agriculturalvalue chains, he advised strengthening linkages between rural agriculturalco-operatives and distributors and creating public-private partnerships todevelop infrastructure.
The Government should offer businesses incentives such aslow-interest loans and subsidies while zoning large-scale agriculturalproduction areas in a concentrated and modern manner, he added./.
Speaking at a conference on the use of high technology in theagricultural supply chain in Ho Chi Minh City on December 17, they saidadvanced technologies like blockchain could help companies, organisations andhouseholds in the agricultural sector raise productivity, save costs and createhigher-quality products.
Dao Ha Trung, Chairman of the HCM City High TechnologyAssociation, said many of Vietnam’s famous agricultural products such aspotatoes, carrots, persimmons, strawberries, onions and other vegetables wereaffected by poor-quality fakes from foreign countries.
Blockchain technology helps make product origins transparentand facilitates protection of the domestic market by enabling the public toidentify genuine Vietnamese products, Trung said.
So the city is fostering blockchain technologies inagriculture to connect Vietnamese products with the world market.
Since e-commerce is developing rapidly and new tradingplatforms are used across the world, agricultural outputs must meet customers’needs and ensure the quality of the whole production chain, he said.
The Vietnamese agricultural sector was trying to integrateinto the world market, but had faced challenges related to product quality,supply chains and transparency, he said.
Development of high-tech agriculture was the right policy andshould be done soon, and this dovetailed with current global trends and wouldalso help Vietnam’s agriculture sector resolve its problems like lack ofvalue-added products for export, low global competitiveness and inconsistencyin quality, he added.
By using blockchain technology, firms could cut back on thecost of product origin management to near zero, Vu Truong Ca, chairman ofagricultural supply chain company Lina Network, said.
But the Vietnamese agricultural sector had yet to understandthe importance of a well-functioning value chain or the advantage of using sucha modern technology, he said.
He said investment in the agricultural field was limitedbecause of the high risks due to Vietnam’s climate change threat andunder-developed infrastructure in remote and rural areas.
In order for farmers to sustainably develop agriculturalvalue chains, he advised strengthening linkages between rural agriculturalco-operatives and distributors and creating public-private partnerships todevelop infrastructure.
The Government should offer businesses incentives such aslow-interest loans and subsidies while zoning large-scale agriculturalproduction areas in a concentrated and modern manner, he added./.
VNA
