Advancing the Transfer of Agricultural Technology & Research : Malaysia’s Perspective

MALAYSIA’S ASPIRATIONS BY 2020 Basic Input Factors  Land  Labour Basic Input Factors  Infrastructure  Collateralized risk- free capital  Labour Knowledge based Critical Success Factors  Creativity  High-income  Knowledge- economy  Technology  Market TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

MALAYSIA’S 4 PILLARS OF NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

MAJOR GOALS TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

MALAYSIAN AGRICULTURE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE Body entrusted by the Government of Malaysia to carry out R&D in the Food and Agriculture and agriculture-based industry Research focus:  Cloning of food (rice, coco, cassava, sweet potatoes etc and non-food plant varieties, New breed of animals),  Food processing, post-harvest activities  Other research areas include precision farming and Environmental sustainability. Other activities:  Providing services to nurture agriculture and food related entrepreneurs  Product and services meeting standard Quality control TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

MARDI’S ACHIEVEMENTS  More than 90% of Malaysia’s rice granary areas developed by MARDI.  More than 30 rice varieties to fulfill the need of the nations. (contribute to RM500 million per year income to farmers.  Develop technologies to export of pineapple and papaya amounted to RM255 million a year.  48 Small and Medium Industries used MARDI technology with the export amount of more than RM77M TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

FAMA main function is : Coordinate agriculture marketing activity both in private sector or department / government agency Improve marketing system and expand new market of Malaysian agriculture development Collaborating with private sector and department / government agency to create efficient and effective agriculture marketing system Develop an efficient management in agriculture industry, marketing activity or agricultural products processing Involve directly in agriculture industry, especially in marketing activity and products processing. FAMA main function is : Coordinate agriculture marketing activity both in private sector or department / government agency Improve marketing system and expand new market of Malaysian agriculture development Collaborating with private sector and department / government agency to create efficient and effective agriculture marketing system Develop an efficient management in agriculture industry, marketing activity or agricultural products processing Involve directly in agriculture industry, especially in marketing activity and products processing. A marketing agency which was established under Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry to monitor, coordinate, control and develop product marketing of Malaysian agriculture, including import and export. FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AUTHORITY (FAMA) TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

Increase crop productivity Value added food products and foods Emergence of new strains of pest and diseases Development of new varieties and breeds Food security BIOTECHNOLOGY MEET THE CHALLENGES & IMPROVE COMPETITIVENESS CHALLENGES FACED BY MALAYSIA’S AGRICULTURE SECTOR TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

NATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY POLICY OBJECTIVES 1.Generate new growth engine for the nation by creating value that is competitive, innovative and consistent with Vision Formulate the economic, legislative and regulatory frameworks that will support core biotechnology sectors 3.Identify implementation strategies in order to establish Malaysia as a competitive nation with leading edge businesses 4.Develop biotechnology to enhance healthcare and medical support for a better quality of life for all Malaysians 5.Extract greater value from agriculture and natural resources by utilizing Malaysia’s unique biodiversity / natural environment VISION Position biotechnology as the new economic engine to enhance prosperity and wellness of the nation by 2020 TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

MODERN AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY Mechanization / Automation Modern Agriculture  Higher yield  Sustainability Modern Agriculture  Higher yield  Sustainability Precision Agriculture (ICT) Organic Farming Crop rotation, Integrated pest management Genetic Modification Tempering Genetic trade Bio-based Technology Nuclear methods (Mutagenesis) TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

R & D in Agro- Biotechnology Produce new, innovative and competitive products & technologies to market Human capital development Value add technologies and products to agricultural products Plant Biotechnology Livestock Biotechnology Food Biotechnology New plant variety Gene discovery Biofertiliser & biopesticide Transgenics plant Vaccine & diagnostics Advance reproductive biotechnology Marker assisted selection Functional food Metabolomics Nano-biotechnology Food safety & security Bioinformatics Development Work at Agri-Biotechnology Institute (ABI) TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

New Sources of Growth ICT FOR AGRICULTURE National Implementation Program WSN Overview New Ways of Doing Things: 1.Real Time information 2.Pervasive 3.Precise Information 4.Fast & Accurate information For Better Quality of Life: 1.Life enrichment 2.Improve productivity 3.Enhance Security 4.Environment conservation Fastest Growing Market in Asia (West Technology Research Solutions,May 2007) 10 Emerging Technology that will Change the World (Technology Review, Feb 2003).. Wireless sensor networking chip market grew 300% in (EE Times, March 2011) Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

PRECISION AGRICULTURE  Provide complete value chain from seed to shelf in the agriculture sector  Spearheading application of ICT (Wireless Sensor Network) in agriculture for yield improvement  Establish portal Agribazaar for farmers to sell their produce directly to avoid middle-man.  Automation of agriculture industry using decision Support system Portal for farmers to sell their products ICT in agriculture for productivity improvement TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

Upstream Downstream Precision Agriculture i-Logistic & AgriOffice AgriBazaar 2.0 Solving in-field variability Reduce input cost Reduce operation losses Virtual/Online retail business 24/7. Beyond brick and mortar Software as a Service (SaaS) Reduce dependency on middleman Order fulfilment, inventory and logistics management, and customer relationship management (CRM) Midstream “SEED TO SHELF” AGRICULTURE SOLUTIONS TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

Networked of Environmental Data Collection Components, Communication Devices and Decision Support System to realise PA. Communication Devices for wireless agriculture data transmission Environmental sensors – Moisture, pH, Temperature and Chemical sensors. Malaysia introduces Integrated hardware solution:  To reduce implementation cost  Simple and easy for deployment WIRELESS SENSOR FOR PLANT MONITORING: COMPLETE SOLUTION TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

FISH FORECASTING THROUGH SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY  Increase in fuel cost, forces new method in the fishing industry  Fish forecasting predicts the location of fish in abundance  Make use of fish food (chlorophyl) and sea water temperature from Satellite data.  Collaboration between the remote sensing agency and fish development authority (LKIM) Outcome: 9Millions USD save in diesel fuel permonth to fishermen The fish search time reduced by 30% to give 20% increase in their income TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY FOR AGRICULTURE  Mutagenesis is a techniques to improves plant’s productivity using nuclear technology  Low radiation level is applied to the seeds that causes it to be pest/disease resistant, high yield, better taste and short gestation period.  It is proven to be safe and IAEA approved.  Nuclear Malaysia focuses on increasing the production of seed to cater for Increased demand by the market Bioreactor for growing young plants TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

Mutagenesis method used to improve Banana and pineapple production/yield Higher sugar content (15% higher) Gestation period 3-5 years (cf 7-10 years) High resistant to diseases Capacity in production ~10,000/month Pineapple Banana Bearing fruit between 3 to 5 years (cf 7-10 years for normal fruit) Can produce 5000 new trees per month High resistant to disease (Fusarium and wilt) Mutagenesis in biorector TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

Some local herbals found to have medicinal value TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION Labisia Pumila (Kacip Fatima) Eurycoma longifolia (Tongkat Ali) Orthosiphon Stamineus (Misai Kucing) Phyllanthus Niruri (Dukung Anak) Andrographis Paniculata (Hempedu Bumi) 1. Current State : Low- value herbal products 2.New Approach : Develop high value products from selected herbs (NEW opportunities for farmers through contract farming)

Kota Kinabalu Putrajaya Bukit Gambir  uses MyKad-authenticated information to generate demographic and geographic data of traders.  These initiatives have enormously contributed in commodities demand and supply matching, in particular vegetables and fruit commodities. MDec Portal: for farmers  Farmers/Consumers source commodities online from 278 Agri Market sites at a lower price through Agriculture Delivery Channel  Registered farmers and trading farmers able to source market via e- and increase profit margin by eliminating middle layers  Farming information can be viewed according to geographic parameters TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION

Scope of Transformation Current SituationAfter Transformation Farm Size: - Small - Uneconomic Large scale, commercial & economic Labour Force: - Limited - Ageing Mechanization, automation & technology Less labour intensive activities Farm management: Professional, agriculture is business, - Traditional - “satisfactory” - “enough” - Manual Application of ICT, Commercial management / collective / economic of scale, Business Plan

Scope of Transformation Current SituationAfter Transformation Less / not competitive: - Low product quality - non-standard quality - product dumping - price factor Standard, certification & export quality Return on Investment: - Low - Time consuming Diversified returns: Mixed farming, intercropping, value added

TRANSFORMATION Transformation of Traditional FarmersSectoral Transformation - Land / farm size cluster - Application of technology - Mechanisation - Productivity Agricultural - Supply-demand matching - marketing - farmer cooperation - diversity of economic activity - modernisation - Development based on zoning - Private sector investment - Investment incentives - Implementation of Good Practice Program (GAP) Horizontal / Vertical Transformation - Food processing - Value added activities - Supply chain activities - By products

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