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Enfarm wins world championship in agricultural technology. Photo: nongnghiep.vn
Readiness Award (Market Ready Product Award), one of 10 teams awarded at the Agri-food Tech World Championship 2024 (World Championship of Agricultural – Food Technology) that recently took place in Singapore. As the only Vietnamese enterprise to reach the semi-finals and receive a prestigious award after overcoming competitors from 60 countries and territories, Enfarm has proven the ability of Vietnamese engineers to develop Technology has breakthroughs and global influence.
Enfarm has solved one of the biggest problems in world agriculture: 60% of fertilizers are not absorbed by plants, wasting billions of dollars each year, causing soil degradation and contributing to harmful emissions. global greenhouse effect.
By combining data from soil sensors and data from a smartphone app, Enfarm used machine learning to improve the accuracy of low-cost sensors and provide recommendations. report to farmers. This breakthrough helps Enfarm become a perfect virtual assistant in agriculture, helping to increase crop productivity with less fertilizer.
Testing in coffee gardens in Dak Lak province has shown that Enfarm technology can increase productivity by up to 30% while using 30% less fertilizer than the conventional method that farmers are applying. Enfarm technology is a low-cost and user-friendly precision smart agricultural solution that can be widely applied in coffee production in Vietnam, contributing to reducing production costs, increasing productivity, and reducing deflation. waste and environmental protection are core goals in the strategy to develop Vietnam’s coffee industry sustainably.
Testing in coffee gardens in Dak Lak province has shown that Enfarm technology can increase productivity by up to 30% while using 30% less fertilizer than the conventional method that farmers are applying. Photo: nongnghiep.vn
Developed by Dr. Ho Long Phi, a former member of the National Advisory Council on Climate Change, Enfarm is a potential solution to help transform world agriculture towards low but still increasing emissions. Production to meet food demand increases by 70% by 2050 as forecast by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Launched on the market in mid-2024, Enfarm is not only well-received by farmers in 14 provinces and cities, especially coffee and durian farmers, but also continuously registered at prestigious domestic awards. . Typically, the runner-up position in the national creative startup talent contest Techfest Vietnam 2024, Top 5 excellent Artificial Intelligence application products of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Top 10 startups with impact society and environment in Southeast Asia, and Top 15 outstanding innovative solutions 2024 of the National Innovation Center (NIC) and the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
These titles have affirmed Enfarm’s technological breakthrough and development prospects in the innovative startup ecosystem in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
“Climate change has caused traditional farming methods to fail easily, with low fruit-bearing rates in the West and high fruit yield in the Central Highlands, with durian trees being a typical example. This is Enfarm’s opportunity to stand side by side with farmers in their mission to help farmers get rich and the agricultural industry develop sustainably. With the large and unique amount of data we are collecting on soil, fertilizer and crops, we are aiming for new breakthroughs in 2025 to completely change the way we do agriculture,” Mr. Nguyen said Do Dung, co-founder and CEO of Enfarm.
Applying appropriate technology in agriculture can help save production costs on a large scale. Enfarm’s solution provides real-time soil data, helping farmers optimize fertilizer use and reduce waste in production. That helps increase crop productivity, sustainable agricultural production processes, support farmers in reducing costs and improving livelihoods. This technology has the potential to create a lasting impact on the agricultural sector in Vietnam and the region.
Firmly supported by investment and breakthrough technology, Enfarm is aiming to expand its market to ASEAN countries in the near future to seize opportunities in the farming industry as agricultural product prices continue to increase and challenges change. The climate makes empirical farming no longer suitable and the policy prioritizes the food security of countries in the region.
