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knowledge. The 3 Together Force has been helping to quickly solve problems related to pests and
diseases in rice farming. With the goal of transferring knowledge–answering questions–providing
solutions through a digital platform, convenient for farmers to access information, the application has
attracted thousands of farmers to participate and ask questions. This is also a means for farmers to
receive news about weather, agricultural crops, and early pest warnings, helping farmers make accurate
decisions about spraying, harvest time, and so on.
In addition, the system of plant doctors—the Force of 3 Together—is increasingly being strengthened
and properly trained in both expertise and how to answer questions so that it is easy to understand
and closest to the actual local situation. This digital platform was really effective when the COVID
epidemic occurred, when the production areas were isolated and the Group’s technical staff could not
come to the area, the answers provided through this application were somewhat helpful, limit risks and
risks of pest outbreaks at that time.

h) Agricultural Production Linkage Management System–Cashless model
Focus on a series of features to help manage big data including farmer information, production
contracts, sowing area, farming progress, harvest time, supply orders for agricultural supplies/services
and debt to help Loc Troi implement its commitment to rice and agricultural production areas
with partners, develop raw material areas to serve domestic and foreign markets, the “Agricultural
Production Linkage Management System” contributes to solving the problem to resolve bottlenecks
in managing large-scale agricultural production. The solution has helped reduce production costs,
increase productivity, increase the quality of agricultural products, ensure crop efficiency and aim to
improve the lives of farmers affiliated with Loc Troi. This digital transformation solution is the initial
result of the efforts of the Group’s Information Technology Department and the Agricultural Service
Company in building and developing an agricultural information system capable of managing huge
task, serving activities of organizing joint production on a scale of 1 million hectares of crops linking
Loc Troi with hundreds of thousands of farming households.
From this foundation, the “cashless” model was initially formed, providing maximum support for
farmers in accessing loans from banks to serve production activities. Data on partnership contracts,
agricultural input orders, seeding plans, cutting dates, estimated prices, between Loc Troi and the
Cooperative, are extremely important input for systematization. The system of banks in the chain
linked with Loc Troi disburses loans from time to time and from activity to farmer. This helps farmers
have proactive cash flow, without having to bear interest rates from purchasing agricultural supplies,
with a commitment to fully invest from the beginning of the crop to the end of the crop and cover
output consumption. At the same time, this platform also helps businesses control the entire supply
process of the unit and farmers’ field activities, making the management of pesticide residues according
to market standards more convenient.

5.4.3. Opportunities and challenges
The large field model has created many opportunities for Vietnam’s agriculture and rural development
in the process of regional and world economic integration.
• First of all, with this model, it is possible to create large specialized cultivation areas for rice,
coffee, tea, sugar cane or other fruit trees in the process of building large material areas for
processing and export.
• Promote the application of science and technology to production in terms of mechanization,
chemistry, and high-tech agriculture (4.0 devices such as drones, disease monitoring equipment, etc.)

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