13^th October - Institute of Plantation Studies (IKP) in collaboration with the Faculty of Agriculture, UPM had successfully organized the IKP Public Lecture: Mitigation of High Fertilizer Price to Sustain Optimum Growth & Yield of Crops which was conducted online through Zoom platform. The invited speaker was Tuan Haji Tajuddin Ismail (Director of Agro Hive Consultancy Plt. Malaysia) and this program was moderated by Dr. Muhammad Firdaus Sulaiman from the Department of Land Management, Faculty of Agriculture, UPM.

This public lecture highlighted the current challenge faced by agricultural sector due to soaring price of fertilizers.  Farmers are facing difficulties to continue giving an adequate fertilizers to their crops to sustain optimum yield, and consequently affected farmers’ income. Tuan Haji Tajuddin had shared his experience on production and utilization of bokashi compost and liquid organic fertilizers to mitigate this issue. He highlighted the importance of regenerative farming practices implementation and also urged us to choose a better, practical, cheaper and sustainable agriculture practices.

This knowledge had been benefited by a number of 70 audience from various government and private agencies such as UPM, UMS, Lampung Polytechnic, Malaysian Rubber Board, Sime Darby, Malaysian Pepper Board, Sarawak Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority, National Kenaf and Tobacco Board, Maybank, Sam Wah Development Enterprise Sdn. Bhd., Farmcochem Sdn. Bhd., and  JAPFA Comfeed Ind. from Indonesia.

Date of Input: 21/11/2022 | Updated: 21/11/2022 | ainzubaidah