Vietnamese firm helps Laos build system for livestock epidemic control
Firm helps Laos build livestock information system for epidemic control
Vietnam’s TE-FOOD company on May 13 signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation with the Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s Department of Livestock and Fisheries to build a herd management and information system for urgent epidemic prevention through smart phones, amidst the spreading African swine fever (ASF) in the region.
Vientiane (VNA) – Vietnam’s TE-FOOD company on May13 signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation with the Lao Ministry ofAgriculture and Forestry’s Department of Livestock and Fisheries to build a herdmanagement and information system for urgent epidemic prevention through smartphones, amidst the spreading African swine fever in the region.
The system helps breeding farmers to provide information of thescale of the herd and the epidemic situation to the management agency at anytime.
The data will help the management agency to deploy measuresto prevent the spreading of the virus in a timely and accurate manner. Thesystem also supports the development of production plans.
TE-FOOD will provide 200,000 USD in non-refundable aid to the project over five years. In the first year, the project will cover pig farms and expand toother livestock farms across Laos in the second year.
🎐 Addressing the signing ceremony, TE-FOOD CEO Dao HaTrung said the system will allow Laos to better control diseases, while helpingimprove the food supply chain’s efficiency and transparency, assistingproducers to meet regulations of importing countries, supporting the buildingand promotion of trademarks, and minimizing effects of epidemics, unsafe food,thus enhancing the confidence of consumers.
According to Trung, TE-FOOD has partnered with theUN Food and Agriculture Organisation, the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment of Vietnam, and many Vietnamese localities to apply blockchaintechnology in managing farms, diseases and the origin of farm produce. Currently, the company has marked its presence in 14countries, including the US, Canada, the UK, France, Italy, Hungary and Laos.It is among world top 20 blockchain technology providers.-VNA
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