Rice, Risk, and Real-Time: Inside Vietnam’s Digital Revolution in Farmer Decision-Making
Note: This article builds on my January 2024 LinkedIn post documenting early conversations with Mekong Delta rice farmers about AI’s potential. Twenty-two months later, I return to examine what actually happened—the promises kept, the promises broken, and the surprising reality of AI in Vietnamese agriculture. The Question That Started Everything January 26, 2024. A rice field outside Can Tho, Vietnam. I stood across from two farmers—Lan and Vinh—who’d been growing rice for decades using knowledge passed down through generations. They described their reality: erratic weather destroying crops overnight, new pests appearing without warning, prices collapsing unpredictably. ...
