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Technology & Innovation
Agricultural technology and agritech information
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Agricultural technology and agritech information
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Turning acid soil where rice won't grow into a guava orchard: a VietGAP conversion near Ho Chi Minh City
A farmer near Ho Chi Minh City who turned paddy of acid-sulfate soil, where rice would not grow, into a VietGAP-certified, OCOP three-star guava orchard. We read a production model with annual sales of several hundred million dong, and the sourcing route for Vietnamese guava that Japanese buyers should keep in mind. -
Vietnam's marine aquaculture goes from quantity to quality: the strength of HDPE cages shown by Nha Trang's CAA8
The CAA8 international conference in Nha Trang, which gathered about 20 Asian countries. With HDPE cages, IoT, and AI, marine aquaculture moves toward "green and smart." We interpret Vietnam's 2030 target and the degree of implementation in growing areas that Japanese seafood buyers should use to judge their sourcing. -
The proof of zero pesticides is caught in the paddy: Vietnam's organic rice x ragworm double-cropping
Haiphong's organic rice x ragworm combined farming brings 500–600 million dong per hectare a year. Ragworms, which do not grow in paddies where pesticides remain, serve as an indicator of the water environment. We read its meaning for Japanese sourcing. -
Wetland becomes a sensor-equipped poultry house: a company buys the entire 25,000 birds of a veteran
A rundown wetland on the outskirts of Haiphong has become a poultry house whose temperature and humidity are watched by smartphone. The free-range-chicken farm a veteran opened on his own holds 25,000 birds, and a partner company drives trucks to the site to buy the entire flock. Though this case looks like one person's comeback story, for Japanese meat sourc... -
Cutting chemical fertilizer for 200,000 yen in profit: the sourcing window opened by An Giang organic rice
In a corner of the Mekong Delta, organically grown rice clearly outearned conventional farming. The organic-rice profit recorded by the Tan Thuan Agricultural Cooperative in Gion Rieng commune, An Giang province, in the 2026 summer-autumn crop was 33.576 million dong per hectare (about 200,000 yen at roughly 60 yen per 10,000 dong, as of July 2026, subject to change... -
Contract production where engineers visit the fields: why Dak Lak durian yields are doubling
ベトナム産ドリアンの調達では、産地や等級だけでなく「その農家がどう作っているか」まで見ないと品質が読めない。中部高原ダクラク省で、資材メーカーの技術者が農家の畑に入り込み、樹の回復期から結実までを毎週伴走する「技術指導付きの契約生産」が... -
The day farmers become crop doctors: Quang Ninh's reduced-pesticide rice opens sourcing to Japan
In Quang Ninh province in northern Vietnam, training has begun for paddy-rice farmers to become "crop doctors." In the Vi Khe area of Lien Hoa ward (phuong Lien Hoa), the ward farmers' association, together with the ward's service center and specialist agencies, has started a three-month course in integrated plant health management (IPHM... -
In mountains where fields vanish in the rainy season, 7,000 m2 of greenhouses yield 11 crops of year-round vegetables
In the mountainous region of northern Vietnam, when the rainy season comes, open-field vegetable plots get waterlogged by the prolonged rain, and local leafy greens disappear from the markets. A small group of producers in Binh Lu commune, Lai Chau province, at high elevation, has begun filling this "annual shortfall" with greenhouses. In 7,000 square meters of plastic greenhouses, 10... a year... -
Fewer pests and a higher unit price: the double benefit of growing Vietnamese passion fruit in a greenhouse
In the Binh Minh area of Tay Ninh province in southern Vietnam, the farmer Nguyen Tuan Anh built a greenhouse (nha mang) of about 1,000 square meters and grows about 200 honey-variety passion fruit plants to European organic standards. Local media call this effort the "double benefit (loi ich k... -
Replacing Taiwan-dependent orchid seedlings: a Ho Chi Minh City lab's 200,000 a year
ホーチミン市タンニョンフー区で、ドゥオン・ミン・チエン氏が運営する組織培養ラボが、蘭苗を年間20万本のペースで送り出している。胡蝶蘭やカトレアなどの苗を無菌培養から温室育成まで一貫して手がけ、これまで台湾などからの輸入に頼りがちだった蘭苗...
