advancing the transfer of agricultural technology & research : malaysia’s perspective
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Advancing the Transfer of
Agricultural Technology & Research:Malaysia’s Perspective
MALAYSIA’S ASPIRATIONS BY 2020
Basic Input Factors Land Labour
Basic Input Factors Infrastructur
e Collateralize
d risk- free capital
Labour
Knowledge based Critical Success Factors Creativity High-income Knowledge-
economy Technology Market
TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION
Preservation and
enhancement of unity in diversity
1Malaysia
People First,Performance
Now
April 2009
Effective delivery of
Government services
Government Transformation
Programme (GTP)
6 National Key Result Areas
(NKRAs)
January 2010
New Economic Model:
A high income, inclusive and
sustainable nation
Economic Transformation
Programme (ETP)
8 Strategic Reform Initiatives (SRIs)
March 2010
Smooth Implementation of
governments development programme
10th Malaysia Plan (2010-2015)
Macroeconomic
growth targets & expenditure allocation
June 2010
VISION
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MALAYSIA’S 4 PILLARS OF NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION
TRANSFORMATION OF A NATION
MAJOR GOALS
1. Reduce crime 2. Fight corruption 3. Improve
student outcomes
4. Raise living standards
5. Improve rural basic infrastructure
6. Improve urban public transport
People First, Performance Now
1. High income2. Inclusiveness3. Sustainability
1. Move up the value chain
2. Raise capacity for knowledge and innovation
3.Address socio-economic inequalities
4. Improve quality of life
5. Strengthen institutional and implementation capacity
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 entrepreneursProduct 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.
• 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 2020
2. 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
VISIONPosition 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
PrecisionAgriculture
(ICT)Organic FarmingCrop rotation, Integratedpest management
Genetic ModificationTempering 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 OverviewNew Ways of Doing Things:1. Real Time information2. Pervasive3. Precise Information4. Fast & Accurate
information
For Better Quality of Life:1. Life enrichment2. Improve productivity3. Enhance Security4. 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 2010..(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 sectorSpearheading application of ICT (Wireless Sensor Network) in agriculture for yield improvementEstablish 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
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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)
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“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 Integratedhardware solution:To reduce implementation costSimple 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 industryFish 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 fishermenThe fish search time reduced by 30% to give 20% increase in their income
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NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY FOR AGRICULTURE
Mutagenesis is a techniques to improves plant’s productivity using nuclear technologyLow 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
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Mutagenesis method used to improveBanana and pineapple production/yield
Higher sugar content (15% higher)Gestation period 3-5 years(cf 7-10 years)High resistant to diseasesCapacity in production ~10,000/month
Pineapple
BananaBearing fruit between 3 to 5 years(cf 7-10 years for normal fruit)Can produce 5000 new trees per monthHigh 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 KinabaluPutrajayaBukit Gambir
e-pasartani@FAMA 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: e-pasartani@FAMA 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-sms@FAMA and increase profit margin by eliminating middle layers
Farming information can be viewed according to geographic parameters
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Scope of Transformation
Current Situation After Transformation
Farm Size:- Small- Uneconomic
Large scale, commercial & economic
Labour Force:- Limited- Ageing
Mechanization, automation & technologyLess 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 Situation After 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 Farmers
Sectoral 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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