An Giang: Workshop on Digital Transformation in product management, production and consumption

Attending the workshop were representatives of provincial departments, branches, enterprises and agricultural cooperatives in An Giang province; experts from institutes and universities; representatives of leaders of the Union of some provinces in the Mekong Delta.

At the seminar, experts, managers and businesses shared many useful information related to digital transformation such as: Digital transformation in agriculture in An Giang province; Developing a circular economy based on digital transformation; Agricultural product supply chain database on Blockchain platform; Applying digital transformation in agricultural supply chain management; solutions to support farmers, agricultural cooperatives and businesses in digital transformation in product management, production and consumption; Applying IoT technology to manage water resources in rice farming to cope with climate change...

Workshop scene

Some delegates said that, in order to promote digital transformation in the agricultural sector, authorities should promote communication programs to raise awareness for people, cooperatives and businesses; infrastructure, especially the production database of agricultural cooperatives, human resources for digital transformation of cooperatives and small and medium-sized enterprises are still limited; mechanisms and policies on digital transformation are not yet synchronized; many agricultural products have not been synchronously digitized, so consumers cannot trace the origin to choose safe products… Delegates also proposed Provincial Telecommunications Department, Agriculture and Rural Development Department to organize training courses to provide farmers, the labor force of cooperatives and businesses with knowledge and information on digital transformation helping them step by step approach and apply digital technology to production activities, business, especially with policies to support resources for cooperatives to promote the digital transformation process; Management agencies need to quickly digitize the issuance of planting area codes, build traceability capacity of agricultural products to enable access high-end markets, especially foreign markets. In addition, it is crucial for state agencies to research and apply Blockchain technology to land management (public land managed by the state, land planned for planting areas, geographical indications, etc.), overcome the situation that organizations and individuals change the purpose of using agricultural land, encroach on public land, etc.