Vietnamese firm FPT and its Japanese partner Fujitsu have completed a smart agricultural center in Hanoi with an aim to develop modern agricultural production models for the country.
Vietnamese firm FPT and its Japanese partner Fujitsu have completed a smart agricultural center in Hanoi with an aim to develop modern agricultural production models for the country.
The FPT-Fujitsu Akisai farm and vegetable factory is the initial fruit of a smart agricultural cooperation project announced late last year by FPT and Fujitsu. As part of the project, FPT is coordinating with Fujitsu to develop modern agricultural production models for application in Vietnam.
FPT said Fujitsu’s information technology (IT) solutions and experiences in agriculture will be applied to grow tomatoes and lettuce in the 400-square-meter centers.
Mitsutoshi Hirono, senior vice president and head of innovation business at Fujitsu, said the Akisai solutions have helped increase tomato output in Japan from 20 tons to 50 tons a hectare and raised farmers’ income by three times.
The two companies will apply the greenhouse and vegetable factory models to grow agricultural products with high added value. These models allow farmers to manage and monitor their farms monitored via an IT system.
Sensors will be used for the greenhouse and vegetable factory models to collect all necessary information about temperature, humidity and rainfall, among others, to help farmers make timely adjustments.
Truong Gia Binh, chairman of FPT, said the Japanese IT solutions are applied for the first time in Vietnam. In the coming time, FPT will cooperate with other IT solution providers to help develop a strong agricultural sector in this country.
Vietnam is looking for solutions to solve problems with food safety and pesticide overuse for agricultural products. With the project, FPT and Fujitsu expect that the Government and local enterprises to support them to develop smart production models for the local agricultural sector.
(Source: SGT)
