(HBO) – Though about 80 percent of Hoa Binh’s population are earning their living from agriculture, the sector makes up only 20 percent of its Gross Regional Domestic Products (GRDP). The mountainous province is pinning high hopes on digital transformation to shift the smallholding agriculture to an economy that goes towards sustainable development.
Photo: Hoa Binh’s provincial post cooperates with farmers to offer local specialty – Cao Phong orange – on e-commerce platforms.
Over recent years, Hoa Binh has paid more attention to developing clean and hi-tech farming models in three areas of horticulture, husbandry, and processing. The province has been actively deploying a number of digital systems managing agricultural and rural database.
A highlight among these is a natural disaster warning system providing hourly updates on rainfall information on vinarain.vn. They also include a disease monitoring statistics system, a system managing database on agricultural land at datnongnghiep.hoabinh.gov.vn, and a system for traceability of goods’ origin and buyer-seller linking in the province at hb.check.net.vn.
Additionally, information on agriculture has been provided to locals via four websites of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. With these websites, farmers can look for information on farming techniques, prices of agricultural products, high farming technologies, and disease prevention, among others, to improve productivity and efficiency.
Nguyen Huu Tai, head of the division on management of agricultural, forestry and fishery quality, said his office is cooperating with several Vietnamese e-commerce sites, such as Postmart.vn (Vietnam Post), Voso.vn (Viettel Post), and Sendo.vn (FPT), to sell local farm products online. Thirty-one agribusinesses and cooperatives in Hoa Binh have joined Postmart.vn so far and 53 participated Voso.vn, Tai said.
The province is doubling efforts to implement its digital transformation programme in agriculture for the 2021 – 2025 period, with a vision towards 2030. The programme aims to build a digital ecosystem for the transformation from an agricultural production to an agricultural economy and the development of hi-tech agriculture, smart agriculture and accurate agriculture, and to increase the share of smart agriculture in the economy./.
The provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on November 20 coordinated with Hai Dang Group Hoa Binh Seafood Company Limited to release 1.5 tonnes of fries into Hoa Binh Lake to regenerate aquatic resources, with a total value of 266 million VND (10,460 USD).
On the afternoon of November 16, Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, held a reception for a delegation from the Indian Embassy led by Ambassador Sandeep Arya. The delegation included the chairperson of the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, embassy personnel, and Indian businesses operating in Vietnam. Accompanying Long at the meeting were leaders of the provincial People's Committee and representatives from various departments and sectors.
Hoa Binh province hosted the "Meet India 2024" conference on November 16, marking a significant step in strengthening bilateral economic ties between Vietnam and India.
In recent times, with its core role in building and fostering great national unity, Cao Phong district's Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee has actively carried out its responsibilities and front work, and closely collaborated with member organisations to encourage locals to implement the Party’s guidelines, and the State’s policies and laws. At the same time, it has worked to promote the dynamism, creativity, and contributions of officials, Party members, and local people to help the district develop further.
From a type of bulb used as a seasoning for daily meals, thanks to the efforts of local authorities and farmers, shallots have become a commercial crop in Yen Thuy district, contributing to promoting the transformation of crop structure in agricultural production, bringing higher incomes to locals.
