FoodMap.Asia, an e-commerce platform to link farmers with hotels and residential areas, won the first prize at the final round of Startup Hunt 2020 contest which was held on November 27 with the theme of “agriculture digital transformation”.
FoodMap.Asia beat 300 other initiatives and projects to get the top prize at Startup Hunt 2020 (Photo: vnexpress)
Hanoi (VNA) – FoodMap.Asia, an e-commerce platform to link farmerswith hotels and residential areas, won the first prize at the final round of StartupHunt 2020 contest which was held on November 27 with the theme of “agriculturedigital transformation”.
FoodMap.Asia beat 300 other initiatives and projects to get the top prize worth100 million VND (over 4,300 USD) at the contest organised within the frameworkof the Techfest Vietnam 2020.
The platform supportssmall-and medium-sized agricultural households to form suitable productionprocesses, and improve quality of Vietnamese farming products.
To date, the platform has helped some 300 agricultural producers from 40 citiesand provinces nationwide sell nearly 1,000 kinds of agricultural products.
Providing solutions to tracing quality of value chains through blockchain,Digital Kingdom got the second prize worth 50 million VND, while NATA project,which effectively treats seafood processing wastewater for cultivation ofcantaloupe and strawberry, won the third prize worth 20 million VND.
According to Nguyen Duc Tung, Director of the Supporting Centre for Youth’sStartup, excellent projects at the Startup Hunt contest are expected to inspirethe startup spirit among Vietnamese youths, and new solutions and values willbe created, contributing to restructuring the nation’s agriculture.
The Startup Hunt contest, organised by the Vietnam Youth Union, also helpsstartups acquire necessary knowledge and skills, while enhancing publicawareness of agricultural startups during economic downturn caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic./.
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FoodMap.Asia beat 300 other initiatives and projects to get the top prize at Startup Hunt 2020 (Photo: vnexpress) 
