AI-Integrated Irrigation Technology Paves the Way for the 1 Million Hectare Low-Emission Rice Project

The highlight of the model is that the entire monitoring and measuring equipment system was researched, designed and manufactured domestically by LUAGPT Limited Liability Company, integrating artificial intelligence (AI).

On the afternoon of September 26, Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam led a working delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to visit and evaluate the effectiveness of alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation technology at the rice fields of Phu Hoa Youth Agricultural Service Cooperative (Tan Hoi commune, An Giang province).

This is a pilot model under the Project of 1 million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice cultivation associated with green growth in the Mekong Delta by 2030.

Also attending were leaders of the National Agricultural Extension Center, Department of Agriculture and Environment, Agricultural Extension Center, Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection of provinces and cities; and cooperatives participating in the model.

At the rice field of Phu Hoa Youth Agricultural Service Cooperative, An Giang Provincial Agricultural Extension Center reported the results of deploying AWD technology on an area of ​​50 hectares, focusing on measuring soil nutrients, controlling greenhouse gas emissions, recording logs and sharing production data online.

According to initial assessments, this technology not only helps save a significant amount of irrigation water and reduce production costs, but also contributes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions - an urgent issue in the context of climate change.

The highlight of the model is that the entire monitoring and measuring equipment system was researched, designed and manufactured domestically by LUAGPT (Rice Emission Reduction) Limited Liability Company, integrating artificial intelligence (AI).

The system includes many specialized devices: environmental monitoring sensors (temperature, humidity, light, heat index within a radius of 10km); soil structure sensors (N, P, K, EC, pH, humidity, soil temperature); field water level sensors throughout the crop season; power monitoring devices that help turn water pumps into "smart pumps" that can be turned on/off remotely.

In particular, the greenhouse gas emission measuring device (CH4, CO2, N2O) uses TDLAS and NDIR technology to allow direct and accurate measurements right in the field.

All data is collected, stored and reported online via a cloud computing platform, transparent and cannot be edited. The data is displayed in real time, visually in charts, and can be exported to excel format for analysis.

The digital platform also allows decentralized management, monitoring of farming processes, water management, seeds, fertilizers, and production diaries of each farming household.

With a compact, easy-to-operate design, this equipment system effectively supports community agricultural extension forces, reducing the effort of wading through fields to measure and record manually, while opening up the premise for building carbon credits in sustainable agriculture.

According to the National Agricultural Extension Center, in addition to the pilot field in Tan Hoi commune (An Giang), the AWD equipment system has been deployed at VINACAM Agricultural Cooperative (Hon Dat commune, An Giang province) and Tien Thuan Agricultural Service Cooperative (Vinh Thanh commune, Can Tho city).

Through practice, cooperatives evaluate this technology as suitable for large-scale production, easy to access, contributing to increasing the efficiency of field management.

During the visit, delegates exchanged and discussed the possibility of replicating the model throughout the Mekong Delta region.

This is not only an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of technology, but also creates a forum to connect management agencies, scientists and farmers - the subjects directly implementing the Project of 1 million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice.

Speaking at the scene, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Thanh Nam emphasized that applying water-saving irrigation technology and reducing greenhouse gas emissions is an inevitable trend of Vietnam's rice industry.

If replicated, AWD technology will become an important tool to help increase the value of Vietnamese rice, thereby also affirming the national commitment to developing green, sustainable agriculture, associated with the goal of reducing net emissions to "0" by 2050./.

(TTXVN/Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/cong-nghe-tuoi-tich-hop-ai-mo-duong-cho-de-an-1-trieu-ha-lua-phat-thai-thap-post1064334.vnp