Over the past 2 years, Mr. Nong Van Luc, Head of Giang village, Liem Phu commune (Van Ban) cum leader of the village's organic cinnamon group has been used to updating information related to each household's work, from fertilizing, pruning, harvesting. Instead of spending a lot of time recording information from each household provided in the traditional household handbook like before, now just open the QGS app - an electronic diary for agricultural production installed on the phone. Smartphone, just a few swipes to select, he has fully updated information and data at the request of the manufacturer about the stages of cinnamon growing households.

The joy of cinnamon growers in Nam Tha.

Mr. Luc, who was introduced as a technology expert, simply opened the QGS app and manipulated it for me to see. He has fully and scientifically synthesized each item of content: annual farming plan (area, number of trees, organic status, output/year); purchase and receive input materials (date of purchase, type of materials, output, expiry date, supply address); monitoring planting and care (time, work done); harvesting and selling fresh cinnamon of 44 members. Mr. Luc revealed: The first time the company introduced the QGS app, it was as if a "duck heard the thunder," couldn't understand it, and found it so difficult. However, when I was transferred to the company's information technology department to directly guide each step, I found everything extremely simple; it only took one day to master the operation, and I was even more "happy" when I had to write information about each cinnamon growing household in the household handbook as before. It only took two implementations for me to master all of the work on my smartphone. “As long as households grow cinnamon with information, the leader will immediately update the data, and the company in Hanoi can see it immediately after entering.” During a Covid-19 epidemic like this, travel from Hanoi to Lao Cai is nearly impossible, but the company still fully understands the information and data of the organic cinnamon growing area here via the QGS app. “This method is extremely beneficial to both cinnamon growers and businesses,” Mr. Luc stated.

In addition to Team Leader Nong Van Luc, the group has deputy leaders and a secretary who guide and direct the work on the electronic diary for agricultural production. It is worth noting that the team members offered to guide them through the use of the QGS app because they were "not willing" to be inferior to the team leader. Mr. Nong Thanh Ly, a member of the organic cinnamon group in Giang village, stated, "All members of the group have smartphones, so the application of digital technology will be more convenient and convenient for themselves." Life has changed dramatically, and technology has brought many conveniences, so even though I'm a farmer, I try to access, first and foremost, updated information and data about the family's cinnamon area, just for storage, just to meet the business's requirements.

Checking Liem Phu cinnamon area data on smart devices.

The Vietnam anise and cinnamon production and export joint stock company was mentioned by the cinnamon growers in Liem Phu (Vinasamex). This is a pioneering enterprise in the production and export of cinnamon and anise from Vietnam to high-end markets around the world, including Europe, the United States, Japan, and Korea... Few people are aware that, in order to conquer those difficult markets, the company has constantly innovated, created, applied scientific and technological advances, and monitored management systems in order to create both competitiveness and transparency in products. Products. Nguyen Thi Huyen, CEO of Vinasamex, stated, "After many years of cooperation with European customers, I understand very well that they not only buy quality products, but also care about the transparency and social values that businesses have."

As a result, when implementing the organic cinnamon project in Liem Phu, Nam Tha (Van Ban), Vinasamex trained people to access and use the product, improving their capacity and helping them understand more deeply the value of their own products, as well as the value of transparency in cultivating quality products. Vinasamex decided to implement a traceability system via the QGS app - an electronic diary for agricultural production - after researching technological solutions. Electronic diary recording is faster and more efficient than manual recording; the software includes a reminder feature to assist farmers in not forgetting and, more importantly, not losing data as in the previous method of record keeping.

When first implementing the traceability system, businesses encountered numerous challenges, the most difficult of which was instructing employees to maintain the habit of keeping electronic diaries. Farmers who work with Vinasamex are primarily ethnic minority people with limited qualifications, making the use of electronic devices in production a significant challenge. Vinasamex staff, on the other hand, devotes their time and energy to guiding groups and groups in the organic chain to master the technology. Farmers in Liem Phu and Nam Tha communes have become accustomed to recording planting, tending, and exploitation activities on electronic diaries after a period of time.

Van Ban farmers bring digital technology into the management of cinnamon growing areas.

According to Vinasamex CEO Nguyen Thi Huyen, by overcoming obstacles, businesses and people can achieve success together. That is objectivity and transparency in business and production. Customers can use smartphones to scan product codes on retail products to easily check the origin and manufacturing process of products, thereby preventing commercial fraud. In the export market, the use of barcodes and batch numbers to trace the origin of goods allows consumers and related parties to retrieve information quickly and accurately when they want to check an order. goods, or if there is a problem with the product The data system is constantly updated to assist Vinasamex in managing products and notifying or making timely adjustments to customers if a problem or recall occurs. Farmers approach things in a new way, changing their minds about farming and organic agricultural production, increasing economic value while also aiming for a sustainable way to protect the environment for future generations. future…

Vinasamex leaders and users collaborated to survey and evaluate the results, the most prominent features of the software, and the limitations to overcome, with the goal of constantly developing and perfecting. As a result, Vinasamex has recently stopped using the QGS app to upgrade and improve it in the direction of integrating more records of purchasing, transporting, processing, storing, and selling on the same software. Customers can see from the beginning to the end of the process, ensuring that the traceability system is not disrupted. Furthermore, instead of using the standard login, use QR code scanning to make it easier for farmers to use; simply use zalo to check the code and record it, which is very convenient.

Despite the short implementation time, Vinasamex's use of the traceability system via the QGS app - an electronic diary for agricultural production - has realized the agricultural industry's policy: Think about science and technology. Technology is the key to unlocking the door to development, increasing productivity and product quality, and thus contributing to the betterment of farmers' lives.