APEC Digital Prosperity Award Winners Bring Immersive Experience to Agriculture
Issued by the APEC SecretariatBrunei Darussalam’s Agronect, an app that provides access to education and immersive training experiences for farmers and agri-food entrepreneurs, has won this year’s APEC Digital Prosperity Award.
The annual prize was announced at the APEC Ministerial Meeting, which was held on Thursday in Bangkok and co-chaired by Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Pramudwinai and Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Jurin Laksanawit.
“The APEC Digital Prosperity Award serves as a practical platform to take forward the work of APEC in advancing digitalization and spurring innovation to increase productivity, open up more opportunities and improve the livelihoods of people across APEC,” Deputy Prime Minister Don Pramudwinai said during the announcement.
Watch: The 2022 APEC Digital Prosperity Award Winner
This year, the much-anticipated special award is centered around sustainability. With Thailand championing the bio-circular-green economy concept, the theme focused on promoting sustainable growth among small and micro-agricultural farms as well as potential entrepreneurs of sustainable agri-food businesses in the region.









