The idea of ​​creating a digital agricultural service cooperative was suggested by businesswoman Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuc in February 2022. The 12-member cooperative has been formally established and put into operation, and is Binh Phuoc’s first agricultural service cooperative in the field of digital farming.

Mr. Dang Duong Minh Hoang, owner of Thien Nong Farm (Bu Gia Map District), was unanimously elected Director by the members.

According to businesswoman Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuc, Binh Phuoc is a province with great potential for agriculture. The cooperative’s mission is to disseminate electronic garden diaries for farmers in the province, assist the locality in systematizing data, and proactively connect supply and demand; Advice on materials, fertilizers, maintenance techniques and garden design; Use of technology in garden maintenance; Building a chain connecting Binh Phuoc farmers to the final shopping channel, reducing intermediaries, bringing stability to local products. “Those who cannot walk alone, we walk together according to the chain link model,” Thuc shared.

Mr. Nguyen Minh Hieu, owner of Gia Bao Ecofarm specializing in durian cultivation in Phuoc Long city, said that he joined the campaign committee from February 2022 to establish the cooperative. Since joining, the committee members have joined units to help solve the conservation phase similar to the nitrogen freeze method. From there he settled the backlog of goods and avoided losses.

According to Mr. Dang Duong Minh Hoang, director of Binh Phuoc Digital Agricultural Cooperative, the small, inefficient production model and lack of value chain linkage are still a painful reality of Vietnamese agriculture. Therefore, in addition to investments in processing technology with a focus on the domestic market, the digital transformation in the agricultural sector is considered a “survival task” for the future of agriculture in our country; In doing so, digital transformation will help farmers improve productivity and quality, optimize production, reduce costs, provide transparent and accurate information, connect production with supply and demand, and overcome the lack of information.

During the opening ceremony, the Binh Phuoc Digital Agricultural Service Cooperative signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Farmers Association of Binh Phuoc Province. “All members of the cooperative look forward to joining forces and contributing with industries and levels to increase the value and brand of local agricultural products, and actively build and develop domestic and foreign markets in the distant future,” stressed the director of Binh Phuoc Digital Agricultural Cooperative.

According to Binh Phuoc Information and Communications Director Nguyen Minh Quang, Binh Phuoc currently has more than 11,000 hectares of fruit trees, of which citrus accounts for 16% of the total area. Fruit trees help bring great economic value to the people of the province. In order to advance the development of agriculture, Binh Phuoc also promotes the application of information technology and digital transformation in trade promotion activities in the province in 2021-2030, and implements support to bring cooperatives, farmers to the e-commerce level, promoting development of the digital economy in agriculture and rural areas.

The Binh Phuoc Provincial Party Committee has formulated a resolution by 2025, essentially forming a digital government, digital economy and digital society in the province. Aiming for 2025, the digital economy accounts for 20% of the province’s GDP; there are 20% farms and companies with around 5 to 7 digitized products; Municipalities, districts and municipalities that are testing digitization must have digitized 100% of the OCOP products.

“Establishing a digital agricultural service cooperative is an opportunity for companies, cooperatives, manufacturing and business households, and local farmers to address digital transformation in the most effective way to improve their health and productivity. compete, actively expand sales markets, attract various sources of customers anytime and anywhere, and reduce middlemen to enhance the value of product profits…” said Director of Information and Communication Media Department of Binh Phuoc Province Nguyen Minh Quang.