FPT and Fujitsu jointly run trial project on applying IT in agriculture

In the morning of October 28th, FPT and Fujitsu – a leading IT firm in Japan - announced that they would co-operate in running a trial test of Fujitsu's food and agricultural cloud service known as Akisai Cloud (a service comprehensively supports agricultural management solution based on cloud computing) in Vietnam.

31/10/2014

The meeting between high-level leaders of both sides in March resulted in this cooperation.

Under the agreement, Fujitsu and FPT will carry out a one-year trial project from 2015 to 2016, with the former providing cloud services, equipment and expertise. As a leading ICT company in Viet Nam, FPT will is in charge of receiving the technology transfer and applying Fujitsu’s technology in agriculture in Vietnam.

Senior Vice President & Head-Asia Regions at Fujitsu Ltd. Tatsuya Tanaka thinks that Akisai Cloud will help improve Vietnam’s agriculture. At the same time, Fujitsu also expects that FPT as a bridge could help the firm explore Vietnamese market’s potentials.

According to FPT Chairman Truong Gia Binh, Vietnamese agriculture’s development advantages have not been fully taken. With this agreement, FPT desires that the Corp along with Fujitsu would create a platform to connect all phases and subjects related to agriculture from technology inputs to consumers in Vietnam as well as in the world.

In Japan and many countries in the world, Fujitsu has successfully deployed Akisai Cloud services, helping farmers improve product quality and productivity as well as reduce cost of cultivation.

Fujitsu will deploy a greenhouse IT solution in Ha Noi to cultivate crops during the trial period. The greenhouse will demonstrate Fujitsu's agricultural technology to partners and government authorities in Viet Nam and Japan.

Through the trial, the two companies want to improve the understanding and the ability to commercialize technology solutions for the Vietnamese agriculture sector.

Being a service of the Fujitsu Intelligent Society Solution, Akisai was officially launched in 2012 to promote the use of ICT innovations in the agricultural sector, helping optimize the cultivation process for each crop variety and arable area.