International Conference on Smart Agriculture and UMMISCO Network Meeting

On June 03, 2022, the Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment (FONRE), Vietnam National University of Agriculture hosted the International Conference on Smart Agriculture and UMMISCO Network Meeting 2022. Mr. Edmond Dounias - Chief representative Office of IRD – French Institute of research for development - in Vietnam; Mr. Alexis Drogoul – Deputy Director of UMMISCO international network and Co-director of the international joint laboratory ACROSS; Mr. Nicolas Marilleau - Director of UMMISCO in France; And Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Doanh – Director of UMMISCO Vietnam, Co-director of the international joint laboratory ACROSS; From Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Associate Prof. Pham Bao Duong - Vice President; Associate Prof. Tran Trong Phuong - Dean of FONRE, and 60 delegates participating online.

In the opening remark, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Pham Bao Duong addressed, that developing smart agriculture is a trend for agricultural production around the world and in Vietnam. The government has taken steps in promoting high-tech agriculture with its $4.4 billion credit line for high-tech agriculture projects, however, the country’s push for high-tech farming innovations has its challenges. I hope that we can somehow share different initiatives to overcome these obstacles, and I truly believe that you will find the research presentations and discussions useful and interesting.

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tran Trong Phuong warmly welcomes distinguished guests and participants to participate in the conference. The conference is organized at a special time, this week, we also celebrate the World Environmental Day on June 5, 2022, with the slogan “Only One Earth” to deliver the message to build a sustainable lifestyle, natural harmony, suitable use of natural resources and climate change mitigation toward green and clean life. The speakers of every session will cover a wide range of issues and applications such as Agent-based Simulation, Environmental pollution, Deep Learning techniques, IoT, etc. From the presentations, we could share our thought and idea for new research and innovations. I look forward very much to our next collaboration.

Professor Patrick Taillandier - Toulouse University, France, delivered a comprehensive presentation on Agent-based Simulation to think about the agriculture of tomorrow. The application of model and simulation with analysis of micro and macro factors, social-economic, and environment, and management of water resources to sustainable agriculture. Other presentations also focused on the application of modeling, IoT for solid waste management, plant disease, drought prediction, etc. The conference also gives room for discussion on the next collaboration among UMMISCO members.

Participants raise questions for discussion

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