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Thursday- 01:37, 08/07/2021

Top attention must be given to farmers regarding digital agriculture

(VAN) As a main force part of the production, farmers are the top attentive when implementing digital agriculture, as suggested by VIDA in its 2021 overview report.
The representative of the Vietnam Digital Agriculture Association (VIDA) answered questions. Photo: Bao Thang.

The representative of the Vietnam Digital Agriculture Association (VIDA) answered questions. Photo: Bao Thang.

“This is the first year that Vietnam Digital Agriculture Association (VIDA) making overview report. We focus on solutions and orientations,” Nguyen Duc Tung, General Secretary spoke at the Announcement Ceremony of  Overview report of Vietnam's Digital Agriculture in 2021 on July 7.

Tung assessed that Vietnam boasts adequate facilities and infrastructure to conduct digital transformation in the agriculture field. VIDA’s survey made it clear that among the groups of subjects directly relating to digital agriculture, "farmers are the group that needs the most attention", emphasized Tung.

Besides the farmers, enterprises also contribute an integral part in perfecting the ecosystem for digital agriculture.

Thanks to the direction of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, VIDA's report provides an overview of digital transformation. By the approach through the online survey and in-depth face-to-face interviews, the first standards for assessing the digital transformation process, as a premise for the formation of business evaluation indicators to be established.

Nguyen Duc Tung, General Secretary of VIDA said that Vietnam's agriculture is capable of digital transformation if the relevant parties are willing to go together. Photo: Bao Thang.

Nguyen Duc Tung, General Secretary of VIDA said that Vietnam's agriculture is capable of digital transformation if the relevant parties are willing to go together. Photo: Bao Thang.

Some of the measures proposed by VIDA include: building a common and synchronous database, developing infrastructure with the participation of many parties, developing policies to support capital investment for businesses, developing an innovation system focusing on new technology, promoting awareness through communication.

To move forward an effective and sustainable digital agriculture, VIDA asked for the joining of relating stakeholders in and beyond the agriculture industry, who need to be assessed on details for all aspects of concerns, interests, the level of influence.

VIDA sets some targets in the coming years including developing an annual overview report for a comprehensive solution for the digitization of the agricultural sector. It is expected that each year VIDA will choose a key action program and consult experts in that field.

The overview report on digital transformation in agriculture in Vietnam 2021 will be the basis for managers to consider to align with expectations in the overall development vision of the whole industry, thereby making appropriate strategies to speed up the transition," concluded Nguyen Duc Tung.

Authors: Bao Thang - Duc Minh. Translated by Linh Linh.

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