HCMC hosts intl conference on high-tech application in agriculture

An international conference on the application of high technology to agriculture in Vietnam will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 10.

A high- tech strawberry garden in Da Lat

The event is co-organized by the National Center for Technological Progress (NACENTECH) and Cherry Media with the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

The conference aims to strengthen the link between the practical needs of innovation in production and the current advanced technologies as well as give instruction to the agricultural units to apply simple technologies to keep up with developing advanced technologies .

Participants including domestic and foreign scientists, managers, enterprises will discuss topics, such as precision agriculture, product traceability and quality testing, management and development of agricultural products in the value chain; sustainable agriculture waste management, nanomaterial implications for agriculture, processing and preservation of agricultural products after harvest.