Agri stakeholders push for use of tech

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Local stakeholders are pushing for further modernization and digitization of the country’s agricultural sector, citing its effects in maximizing the industry’s potential for growth.

Buddy Tancontian, AgriDOM Solutions Corp. external relations manager, emphasized the need for farmers to adopt the technology of precision agriculture and collaboration among various stakeholders to promote sustainable farming practices and ensure food security.

“With us working together, government agencies, researchers and agriculture organizations, we must continue to support and promote agricultural innovations and initiatives that encourage these resource efficient and farming practices,” said Tancontian in a recent roundtable discussion focused on technologies and innovations meant to boost the sector.

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AgriDOM, a technology-based solution provider, aims to digitize, optimize and modernize the agricultural industry in the Philippines with services including the use of unmanned aerial vehicle and unmanned ground vehicle fertilizer and pesticide spreading and spraying; mapping, surveying and monitoring; among others.

Meanwhile, Nehemiah Caballong, Philippine Rice Research Institute information technology officer, said the government is now considering digitalization as a core element of the local agriculture sector and not just a means to provide support to farmers.

The roundtable discussion is part of the events that lead up to the Digital Pilipinas Festival slated next month at the SM Aura Convention Center and in various co-located venues and innovation hubs across the country.

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