Revolutionizing farming with Israeli technology
VOV.VN - Vertical farming, drip irrigation, soil solarisation and similar terms will soon become common terminology in Vietnam agriculture, said Vo Kim Cu, president of the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance.
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It is common knowledge that Israeli farmers are four to five times more productive for produce such as cherry tomatoes, seedless cucumbers, brinjals and coloured capsicums, said Mr Cu, using the same amount of land as their Vietnamese counterparts.
Pursuant to the agreement between the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance, the Israeli Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Southeast Asia and IVA Israel, experts from Israel will regularly visit centres in Vietnam and organize free training sessions for farmers, teaching them – protective agriculture – to increase their crop yields while optimally using fertilizer and water.
In addition, corporates and professionals will also be taught ways to produce quality vegetable seedlings.
The idea is to transfer applied research and technologies to farmers in provinces across the country. Israel has a proven track record with these type contracts, having already entered similar agreements with successful results.
Methods like vertical farming help save space on the ground by growing the crops vertically while drip irrigation saves almost 90% of water. These methods are revolutionary in Vietnam, said Mr Cu.
The Vietnam Cooperative Alliance plans to give effect to these projects in the second quarter of 2017 at priority locations in Lam Dong, Binh Phuoc, the north-western region, the Mekong Delta region and the Central Highlands, he noted.
