76 articles
Technology & Innovation
Agricultural technology and agritech information
Technology & Innovation– category –
Agricultural technology and agritech information
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"Organic is profitable": four Gia Lai households overturn the conventional wisdom on yield and profit
In an organic-coffee demonstration in Gia Lai province, the target yield was exceeded by 58%, making it more profitable than conventional farming. We interpret, from a Japanese coffee-sourcing perspective, this small-farmer partnership model that, with EU organic plus QR tracking, signed a long-term purchase contract with a major company. -
Vietnam's CAP targets modified starch, aiming for a 50% boost in added value by expanding its sourcing network
ベトナム・イエンバイのCAP社がキャッサバ買付契約と設備投資で原料調達網を拡大し、付加価値5割増を狙う改質澱粉の生産研究に着手。日本の澱粉・食品原料バイヤーが押さえるべき動向を読み解く。 -
Dong Nai's 200-hectare organic-pepper estate: a growing region's bid for European exports
In Son Ray, Dong Nai province, Vietnam, more than 100 households operate an organic-pepper estate of about 200 hectares. We interpret the move to target European exports through automatic irrigation, net collection, and biological pest control, and its implications for Japanese raw-material buyers. -
Dong Phu on the outskirts of Hanoi: why USDA organic rice doubled farmers' income
A USDA organic-rice growing area advancing in Dong Phu on the outskirts of Hanoi. Through a five-party partnership originating with the University of Tokyo's Pamci, farmers' income has nearly doubled and the area has expanded to 65 hectares. We interpret it from the perspective of sourcing organic rice to Japan. -
Toward a black tiger shrimp revival: a Ca Mau farmer shows the field of a domesticated lineage
The production scene of the black tiger shrimp (giant tiger prawn)—long familiar on Japanese tables as the "black shrimp"—is quietly undergoing a generational shift. The stage is Ca Mau province in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam's southernmost province. One set of results recorded at the farming pond beside a small farmer's rice field, addressing something that has long dogged this species... -
AIG breaks ground on a second coconut-processing plant in the Mekong Delta—a US$23.9 million investment
The major Vietnamese food-ingredient company Asia Ingredients Group (AIG) held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 11 for its second coconut-processing plant at Long Phuoc Industrial Park in Vinh Long province in the Mekong Delta. The investment is about 630 billion dong (about US$23.9 million / 3.7 billion yen), with operations planned for the first quarter of 2027. A UHT sterilization li... -
Frozen durian leads second-quarter exports—a fresh-coconut protocol also takes effect, with US$10 billion a year in range
According to the latest trends released by Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and related industry bodies, the protocol for frozen-durian exports to China entered its full-operation phase in the second quarter (April–June 2026), and because it overlaps with the harvest peak of Mekong Delta Ri6 durian, Vietnam's frozen-durian exports are expected to accelerate sharply... -
In Moc Chau, Son La province, a 35-year-old man runs a Korea- and FAO-backed smart greenhouse—harvesting 18 tonnes of bell peppers for a gross profit of 20 million yen
On the Moc Chau plateau in Son La province, 35-year-old Vu Van Hieu realized greenhouse bell-pepper cultivation using a "next-generation smart farming" project backed by the FAO and the South Korean government. He harvested 18 tonnes from 1,836 square meters, securing a gross profit of about 20 million yen in three months. -
Why a European entrepreneur bet on Vietnam—insect-protein company Entobel builds an 11,000-tonne-a-year production system at Asia's largest plant
Asia's largest insect-protein plant, built in southern Vietnam by Singapore-based Entobel, has entered full operation. With a production capacity of 11,000 tonnes a year, it advances the move away from fishmeal in shrimp- and catfish-farming feed. -
From coffee husks to "cascara tea"—a by-product transformed into four times the value of green beans
Vietnam's Phuc Sinh has commercialized "cascara tea," made by drying and processing the discarded husks of coffee cherries. Exporting it to three European countries at four times the unit price of green beans, it is leading the growth of processed-coffee exports of US$1.78 billion (up 50.4% year on year).
