Mekong Delta farmers embrace agricultural technology, techniques

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Mekong Delta farmers embrace agricultural technology, techniques

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Farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang have got higher profits since they switched to organic rice cultivation.

CUU Long (Mekong) Delta provinces are making efforts to develop digital farming, enabling farmers to use technology to take care of their farms remotely.

Since 70 per cent of the delta’s population works in the agricultural sector, it is an ideal place to develop new farming models and agricultural start-ups.

Furthermore, like the rest of the country, a large proportion of people here use the internet, creating favourable conditions for them to apply hi-tech farming.

In fact, digital farming is already widespread there.

In Ben Tre province for instance modern technologies have been used in agriculture for a long time.

Phan Van Mai, deputy permanent secretary of the province, said the province has the High-tech Agriculture Centre and Cai Mon Biotechnology Centre with the main aim of adopting modern technology in farming.

Dong Thap province is a pioneer in applying smart farming. Much modern technology, such as using laser to level fields and online mango planting, is used here and the Vietnam Sustainable Agriculture Transformation project and eco-farm project have been carried out.

Blockchain technology is used to help consumers identify My Xuong Mango through a QR code stuck on the fruit.

In Bac Lieu province, a high-tech agriculture centre has been set up and has attracted 20 investors, who have sunk big money in high-tech shrimp farms and feed manufacture.

In recent times many companies have brought to the delta region technology-based farming solutions.

Cargill Group offers a solution called iQShrimp, which provides shrimp farmers information about water quality and weather conditions and also helps them optimise farming methods.

It is now reportedly available in Bac Lieu and Tien Giang provinces.

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