Vietnamese agriculture approaches challenges & opportunities 5.0

On May 29, Theme 2 of the International Conference on High Efficiency Agriculture in Vietnam 2022, organized by the Vietnam - Australia Innovation Network (NIC AU), took place in Hanoi in an online format. directly and online connecting with many demand points in the world such as the United States, Australia... The theme of this conference is about "Application of technology 5.0 to innovate sustainable development of the agricultural industry and supply chain. to improve the quality, distribution, and value of agricultural products in a circular manner”.

Opportunity to parallel goals

Speaking at the workshop, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said that the industrial revolution 4.0 has spread widely with the efforts of many countries in digital transformation leading to the rapid development of cities. technology-centric intelligence.

However, in the context that the world is facing many global challenges, such as the depletion of natural resources, the shrinking of cultivated areas, the warming of the earth, the growing economic disparity... It is very urgent to promote the application of scientific and technological advances in the economic sectors in general and agriculture in particular. In particular, Vietnam's agricultural industry is subject to tens of millions of farmers with limited production scale, low technological level, low labor productivity, vulnerability and many impacts of economic development. developed like a storm of industries.

“I think the 5.0 revolution is a great opportunity for the agricultural industry when the application of modern science and technology goes hand in hand with producers and here, tens of millions of Vietnamese farmers will be supported. access, training to improve skills, qualifications and capacity to adapt to new technologies, create multi-valued agricultural products, both in terms of economy and society, and raise incomes. This is also the sustainable development goal of Vietnam's agricultural industry in the new context," said Deputy Minister Le Quoc Doanh.

Mr. Vu Quoc Huy, Director of the National Innovation Center, Ministry of Planning and Investment, shared that, in order to bring positive impacts to the community, the National Innovation Center has connected thousands of hundreds of representatives, cooperatives, businesses to attend, listen and share ideas with domestic and international experts and scientists.

Get into sync

Mr. Kenneth Tran, founder of Koidra Company, said that Koidra uses solving global problems as a driving force, such as increasing food demand but increasingly limited natural resources; lack of professional agricultural engineers to serve the transition to greenhouse and greenhouse farming; cultivation is mainly based on experience, not science - technology, so the efficiency is not high; The data and information are scattered, there is no concentration like the topics “4.0” or “5.0” Vietnam is aiming for.

Since then, Koidra has launched the Betafarm Company Project with the goal of building greenhouses in Vietnam as well as other countries in the region. “Vietnam has a lot of advantages, including resources and climate, a bright environment that is very suitable for the greenhouse farming model. Another special thing is that the Vietnamese market is having a growing demand for high quality and clean agricultural products. If the models give high productivity, it will open export opportunities to Southeast Asian countries. Vietnam can change, from a technology importer to an agricultural technology exporter.

Explaining from the process of industrial revolution (industrial revolution) from 4.0 to 5.0, Mr. Ha Van Thang, Chairman of the Vietnam Agricultural Business Council said, while Industry 4.0 is a combination of robots, human intelligence Creating, fast networking equipment and big data in a production environment, efficient and fast operation of factories and workshops that are completely dependent on technology, the Industrial Revolution 5.0 focuses on integration. human-machine interaction, human intelligence will work in harmony with cognitive computing, thereby enhancing worker skills, providing added value in production leading to customization and personalized goods products.

According to Mr. Ha Van Thang, innovation from the above industrial revolutions is the foundation of the circular economy and is also one of the factors that help agriculture develop sustainably.

“The circular economy should not be bound by space or scope, but also need to be pervasive and social, where key organizations and businesses lead and farmers participate in. family," said Mr. Thang.

According to experts, in order to form an agricultural production chain applying 4.0 or 5.0 technology that is best suited to the characteristics of Vietnam's agricultural industry, it not only requires the participation of people and businesses but also managers themselves. Relevant ministries and branches play a very important role.