Urgent need to develop smart agriculture
This is demonstrated through Resolution No. 52-NQ/TW dated September 27, 2019 of the Politburo on a number of guidelines and policies to proactively participate in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. At the fifth conference, the 12th Party Central Committee issued Resolution 19 dated June 16, 2022 on agriculture, farmers, and rural areas until 2030, with a vision to 2045. The Resolution clearly affirmed the viewpoint: Agriculture is a national advantage, a pillar of the economy. Developing agriculture effectively, sustainably, integrating multi-value towards increasing added value and competitiveness, associated with promoting the development of processing and post-harvest preservation industries and developing agricultural markets both domestically and internationally; ensuring food safety, national food security, protecting the ecological environment; encouraging the development of green, organic, and circular agriculture. In particular, developing sustainable and modern agriculture based on the foundation of science and technology development, digital transformation, and scientific and technological development to create breakthroughs, including the development of biotechnology, seed technology, and nurseries; developing linkages to build value chains from production to processing.
On February 27, 2023, the Government passed Resolution No. 26/NQ-CP promulgating the Action Program to implement Resolution No. 19-NQ/TW dated June 16, 2022 of the Party Central Committee (13th tenure) on agriculture, farmers, and rural areas to 2030, with a vision to 2045.
Accordingly, the Government sets out 9 main groups of tasks and solutions for implementation, including promoting the development of science and technology and the science and technology market.
In fact, in recent years, starting a business in the agricultural sector, especially smart agriculture and high-tech agriculture, has been chosen by many people. Despite many difficulties and hardships, many of them have succeeded and become typical examples in the movement to develop good production and business in each locality.
According to Mr. Nguyen Van Tien, former Director of the Department of Agriculture, Central Economic Committee, for Vietnam, agriculture is clearly an advantage. Many countries such as Japan, Korea... have much harsher natural conditions than ours. We have advantages in natural conditions, climate, and soil to develop agriculture. Since 2008, after integration, our country's agriculture has developed very rapidly. Therefore, in developing high-tech agriculture and smart agriculture, the top priority is efficiency. Efficiency is based on scale, technology, and management.
According to Mr. Tien, in terms of mechanisms and policies for agricultural development, we have a lot. We have policies on land accumulation, policies to support the development of collective cooperative economies. We have policies to support farmers in linking production, building value chains... The question is how do we approach policies?
Trends in high-tech agricultural development in the coming time
Agreeing with Mr. Tien, many other experts also said that it is necessary to pay attention to modern agricultural trends, which are:
Firstly, we all clearly see the current trend and in the future will always be relevant, which is "clean" products. To have clean products, organic will be the factor that helps our products increase the selling price, beyond the borders of Vietnam. Besides the organic production factor, we can participate and build our products according to OCOP standards, this is also one of the criteria for evaluating product quality that many localities have been and are continuing to build.
The second is the export trend. Currently, agricultural products are being exported rapidly and at a rapid pace. Every time we read the news or watch the news, we can grasp information about agricultural product exports. And only when exporting can we bring added value many times higher than selling in the domestic market.
Third is the trend of choosing refined products that apply high technology.
Fourth, it is necessary to approach and focus on a professional and modern distribution system through logistics distribution forms. Build a separate distribution channel to be able to be completely proactive in connecting and consuming products.
And finally , the trend of combining high-tech elements into manufacturing and processing to create breakthrough products. When introducing technology elements, it not only helps save costs but also increases product competitiveness, creating a transparent and clear business environment.
What farmers and agricultural enterprises need most now is for the State, Government, and local authorities to pay more attention to local agriculture, especially high-tech agriculture and organic agriculture, creating conditions to help startups succeed and create more prestigious products not only in the Vietnamese market but also abroad.
In addition, the State, Ministries and sectors must have a long-term, sustainable agricultural support policy mechanism so that not only typical agricultural products of regions across the country can reach consumers, but also many other agricultural products of Vietnam, especially not only those with income can buy them but also ordinary workers have the opportunity to access them. To do so, the Government needs to support startups in terms of interest rates and capital to reduce costs.
Agriculture is increasingly attracting many young people, is a fertile land for startups, especially startups in agriculture, smart agriculture applications, high-tech agriculture. Each individual or startup organization has a path, a method to agriculture, but they have one thing in common: the determination to improve agricultural products, contributing to bringing a new look to agriculture - smart agriculture in the new era.
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