Precision Agriculture Propramme
Viet Nam
The Precision Agriculture Propramme has been implemented by Mimosa Technology Vietnam (a private company) with cooperation of the World Bank Organization (WB). It demonstrates how the Internet of Things (IoT) helps smallholder paddy farmers use water more efficiently through an Internet of Things (IoT) based platform to adjust water levels in rice fields of farmers in Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. It's a smart irrigation initiative applies alternate water level control (AWD) technology for efficient water use and conservation. The key achievements of program are 1) The amount of irrigation water used by each household is reduced from 13% to 20% compared to the conventional irrigation method and 2) The total project reduces water use by 28% and methane emissions by up to 48%.
Lead (category)
Private company
Name of initiative lead (and partners)
Tra Vinh University and Mimosa Technology Vietnam
Categories of Digital initiative deliverables
Specific ICT technology product and/or service delivery
ICT products/solutions and services by category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Agrifood Services
Non ICT products and services (deliverables)
Business and governance structure
Implemented by Tra Vinh University while Mimosa Technology Vietnam (a private company) with cooperation of the World Bank Organization (WB) has developed the technology.
DI ICT-deliverables format
Internet of Things / Sensors
Smart irrigation system
Primary stakeholders (beneficiaries, actors, enablers)
Farmers
Agribusiness / private organization
Size, scale or scope of primary stakeholders
Digital Initiative development Stage
Fully operational - Growing and expanding stage
Measurable impacts on primary stakeholders and target beneficiaries
The key achievements of program are 1) The amount of irrigation water used by each household is reduced from 13% to 20% compared to the conventional irrigation method and 2) The total project reduces water use by 28% and methane emissions by up to 48%. Source: Developer website
Initiative geographic scope (or coverage) (national, regional, sector specific, specific user co-horts etc)
National
Mekong Delta region of Vietnam
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
Link to Digital village
Link to Digital solution