LEVERAGING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

CONFERENCE 2020

DIGITALAGRICULTURE

21 – 23 DECEMBER 2020ENQUIRIES ANDCORRESPONDENCE

Please visit conference website at digac.mardi.gov.myfor online registration

REGISTRATION

Local Participant RM150

The registration fee includes conference kits, refreshments and lunch• The registration fee should be paid before 15 December 2020• The registration fee does not include additional bank charges

REGISTRATION FEE

Payment of registration fee is to be made payable to:

Account Name Dana Persidangan MARDI

Bank Account No. 8002159290

Bank Name CIMB Bank

Branch Serdang Perdana

Bank Address Tingkat Bawah & MezzanineNo. 33, Jalan SP 2/1, Taman Serdang Perdana43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor

Swift Code CIBBMYKL

Payment reference Please include DiGAC2020 and participant full name and indicate confexh@mardi.gov.my at section 3rd party email address in the payment transaction of the bank

PAYMENT

Technical papers, posters and programmeMohamad Zulkifly Zakaria @ MustafaTel: 03-8953 7171/ 7138 Fax: 03-8953 7181Email: digac@mardi.gov.my

Sponsorship and advertisementDr. Zulhazmi SayutiTel: 03-8953 6263Fax: 03-8953 6270Email: sponsor.digac@mardi.gov.my

General enquiries and registration Hanisah Abu HasanTel: 03-8953 6913/ 6803 Fax: 03-8953 6789Email: reg.digac@mardi.gov.my

WEBSITE

digac.mardi.gov.my

Disclaimer:The organisers reserve the right to make amendments to the programme, speakers, dates and venues without giving prior notice in the best interest of the conference

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The agriculture sector in Malaysia is the third most important sector contributing to national income. In 2018, an amount of RM99.5 billion or equivalent to 7.3% was contributed to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the agriculture sector. Palm oil was the major contributor to the GDP of agriculture sector at 37.9% followed by other agriculture (25.1%), livestock (14.9%), fishery (12.5%), forestry and logging (6.9%) and rubber (2.8%).

To achieve national food security and guaranteed food supply, the agriculture sector requires a transformation to solve current issues such as inefficient data accessibility and traceability, scattered information across the food supply chain and aging farmers. Smart farming innovation and technology applications such as the Internet of Things (IoT), precision farming, robotics, big data analytics and blockchain are some of the technologies that can be implemented parallel to the Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0). The upsurge in e-marketing implementation during the current Covid-19 crisis shows the importance of digital food supply chain to ensure the food supply is enough and easily available to the people throughout the crisis.

The aim of national Digital Agriculture Conference 2020 (DigAC 2020) is to gather experts in agriculture, ICT, finance, policy makers, academicians and all stakeholders in order to discuss and exchange ideas involving Digital Agriculture and its challenges in the IR4.0 era, thus empowering the nation’s agriculture sector.

1. Establish a platform for knowledge sharing, implementation and adaptation of digital technology in agriculture sector.

2. Strengthen the digital agricultural collaboration between the public and private sector.

3. Increase awareness on the importance of digital agriculture.

INTRODUCTION

OBJECTIVES

PRESENTATIONS• Digital Agricultural Policy

and Way Forward• Digital Agricultural

Technology: Current and Future

• Agricultural Digital Economic and Marketing in new norms era

• Application of Digital Agriculture

• Panel Discussion – Digital Agriculture: Where are we now?

ATTEND WHO SHOULD

• Ministries involved directly and indirectly with agriculture

• Agricultural departments and agencies in Malaysia

• Related universities and research agencies

• Related non-governmental organisations

• Related farmer-entrepreneurs, students and citizens

CALL FOR PAPERSPapers of relevant topics within the conference theme are invited for poster presentations. Contributors for the poster are required to prepare an abstract in English and should not exceed 300 words. The abstract should contain Title, Author(s), Affiliation(s), Abstract and Keywords. The abstract should be factual and contain a concise but comprehensive statement of the problem and results.

Send your abstract to digac@mardi.gov.my.

• Abstract submission deadline: 27 November 2020

IMPORTANT DATE

RunThe World

PLATFORM

Companies and institutions are invited to sponsor or to advertise in the conference souvenir programme during the conference. Please visit the conference website for more information.

SPONSORSHIP