Agriculture - smart farmers: Southeast Asia learns from Israel
Israeli agricultural technology is increasingly being applied in Southeast Asia through bilateral agricultural development programs.
Israel has overcome a series of serious challenges, such as water scarcity and poor soil conditions, to become the world's leading agricultural power.
Currently, this is the country with the highest milk yield in the world (average 13,000 liters/year compared to 6,000 liters/year in Europe); highest tomato yield (300 tons/ha compared to 50 tons/ha in the world) and lowest post-harvest grain loss (0.5% compared to 20% of the world).
Israeli agritech companies are expanding their business into Southeast Asia as countries like the Philippines and Thailand look to the Middle East for solutions to improve food production capacity.
According to the newspaper Nikkei Asia (Japan), Israeli agricultural technology is increasingly being widely applied in Southeast Asia through bilateral agricultural development programs.
The Middle Eastern country has expanded its cooperation with Thailand by opening a second growing greenhouse in Petchburi province in October 2020, following the successful opening of the first facility in 2018.
As part of this project, Israel provides Thailand with a sprinkler irrigation system designed to ensure efficient and sustainable agricultural production, and sends a delegation of experts to assist Thai farmers in applying the technology. farming technology.
"Israel often provides technology, maybe a better filter drip irrigation system, maybe a modern reverse osmosis system that uses water more efficiently, with less energy consumption" - Israeli Ambassador in Singapore Sagi Karni confirmed.
Ông đồng thời cho biết Israel có khoảng 600 công ty công nghệ nông nghiệp và thực phẩm, bao gồm hàng loạt công ty có thể tinh chỉnh giải pháp để phù hợp với điều kiện canh tác của các quốc gia khác.
Bảo đảm an ninh lương thực là nhiệm vụ quan trọng đối với Đông Nam Á, nơi lĩnh vực nông nghiệp thực phẩm đóng góp tổng cộng 717 tỉ USD cho Indonesia, Thái Lan, Philippines và Việt Nam vào năm 2019 - tăng 30% so với hồi 2015, theo Công ty Tư vấn Oxford Economics (Anh).
"Để Đông Nam Á trỗi dậy mạnh mẽ hơn sau đại dịch, các nhà hoạch định chính sách cần tạo điều kiện thuận lợi nhất có thể để ngành nông nghiệp thực phẩm tự tái thiết hiệu quả" - chuyên gia James Lambert của Oxford Economics khẳng định.
Origin: Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper: https://nld.com.vn/thoi-su-quoc-te/nong-nghiep-nong-dan-thong-minh-dong-nam-a-hoc-tu-israel-20211214200220096.htm?fbclid=IwAR3um8TEYj9CM3AfQKpJjw-Qb1F9sN4GC8izKNEDVrHOuLZ0NSdB8zy0x8E
