Japan to teach farmers use of high-tech equipment

Scientists check potatoes planted in a green house in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. Vietnamese farmers are to learn hi-tech cultivation methods to help products enter export markets with strict food-safety standards. — VNA/VNS Photo Vu Sinh

HCM CITY (VNS) — Japanese entrepreneurs plan to teach Vietnamese farmers advanced farming technologies so they can enter export markets with strict food-safety standards and improve the value of their produce.

During a seminar held last weekend in HCM City about the cooperation potential between Japan and Viet Nam, entrepreneurs and experts from both countries discussed how Viet Nam could improve the quality of its produce.

The Vietnamese agricultural sector includes mostly small-scale, households that generally produce an unsatisfactory quantity and quality of farm products, which has created a hurdle for farm produce to enter the strictly regulated market of Japan.

Japan, which is experienced in hi-tech farming, exports farm produce such as beef and apples to Viet Nam, while the amount of Vietnamese farm produce exported to Japan remains limited.

In Da Lat, two Japanese farmers began working with a local company to produce vegetables in November last year.

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