Workshop discusses measures to develop high-tech agriculture in Ho Chi Minh City

ABO/NDO- A workshop was held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 6 on the current state and measures to develop high-tech agriculture until 2030, with a vision towards 2045.

According to experts, high-tech agriculture is the main and inevitable trend in the agricultural sector in both Vietnam and the world to enhance the added value of agricultural products.

Over the past 20 years, Ho Chi Minh City’s high-tech agriculture has recorded certain successes and affirmed its position in Vietnam’s agriculture.

Today, the city’s high-tech agriculture has many advantages and big opportunities to grow and continue to assert its leading position in agricultural development and the application of advanced technology.

Inside the Ho Chi Minh City Agricultural High-tech Park.

The city has outlined a strategic vision of high-tech agriculture based on employing science and technology in agriculture to produce commodities and develop eco-tourism, said Pham Dinh Dung, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Agricultural High-tech Park.

Besides the positive results, the city is facing many challenges, including the low quality of agricultural manpower compared to the need to develop large-scale commodity agriculture.

In addition, the linkage between retailers and supply chains remains weak and requirements on agricultural product quality are presenting challenges and raising the competition pressure on the city’s agricultural sector.

Another hurdle is the drawbacks in the policies on developing agriculture in general and high-tech agriculture in particular.

Therefore, experts said relevant policies need to be fine-tuned to facilitate the strong and sustainable development of the city’s high-tech agriculture.

They added that measures are also needed to promote human resources training, encourage research and development, boost public-private cooperation and enhance technical infrastructure.

(Source: NDO)