Agriculture Practice in Malaysia

1.OIL PALM

-LARGEST PLANTED CROP IN MALAYSIA

-CURRENTLY IN KENYA,OIL PALM PLANTATION STARTED TO REPLACE SUGAR CANE  AND IT EXPECTED TO BE MAIN CROP IN KENYA.

2.RUBBER TREE

-FIRST  MAJOR PLANTATION CROP

-INTRODUCED IN 1877,AMOZON BASIN,BRAZIL.

-DOMINANT PLANTATION FOR 80 YEARS

#Oldest rubber tree in Malaysia

Standing tall outside the Department of Lands And Mines in Kuala Kangsar is one of the oldest rubber trees in the country, grown from an original seedling brought into the country (New Straits Times (Malaysia) 16 February 2010).

Before palm oil, Malaysia's "golden crop", the country was blessed with rich "milk" that never ceased to flow - latex that oozed from rubber trees.

ADDITIONAL FACTS:

LATEX ALLERGY ISA REACTION TO CERTAIN PROTEINS FOUND IN NATURAL RUBBER LATEX.IT IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION FOR SOME INDIVIDUAL.THESE KINDS OF PERSON SHOULD AVOID USING,TOUCHING OR SNIFFING ANY LATEX PRODUCTS SUCH AS TYRE,SURGICAL GLOVES,BALLOON AND OTHERS.

Rubber tree seed

3.PADDY

-IMPORTANT IN PRODUCTION OF RICE

-POPULAR IN NORTH COUNTRY LIKE KEDAH

-Harvesting rice consists of the basic operations which can be done in individual steps or in combination using a combine harvester. These include:

·         Reaping - cutting the mature panicles and straw above ground

·         Threshing - separating the paddy grain from the rest of cut crop

·         Cleaning - removing immature, unfilled, non-grain materials

·         Hauling - moving the cut crop to the threshing location

·         Field drying - leaving the cut crop in the field and exposing it to the sun for drying (optional)

·         Stacking/piling - temporarily storing the harvested crop in stacks or piles (optional)

·         Bagging - putting the threshed grain in bags for transport and storage

Traditional harvesting activities such as field drying and stacking/piling are not recommended because they can lead to rapid quality deterioration and increased harvest losses.

Besides these, a variety of other activities can be included in harvesting such as gathering, reaping (gathering standing grain by cutting), bundling, and various forms of transporting the crop and grain.

Green Revolution

Definition :

* New varieties plants produced through series of R&D and technology transfer initiatives.

* Significant increase in agriculture activity through R&D and technology transfer initiatives.

What is the Green Revolution?

• Throughout history there have been many revolutions that have occured & changed human live. 
• Example : American Revolution & the Industrial Revolution. In the mid and late-20th century a revolution was known as the Green Revolution
• It was a period when the productivity of global agriculture increased drastically as a result of new advances.
• New chemical fertilizers & synthetic herbicides 
• Pesticides were created.
• Chemical fertilizers made it possible to supply crops with extra nutrients, thus increase yield.
• The newly developed synthetic herbicides & pesticides controlled weeds, deterred or kill insect, and prevented disease, which also resulted in higher productivity.

Need for Agriculture?

• Fertile land
• Labour & Mechanisation 
• Population increase
• Need for Diversity Of Productions
• Trend towards environmental friendly practices
• technology advances

Promise of Green Revolution

• Eliminate hunger
• Increase global carrying capacity
• Increase yields
• increase technological knowledge
• Get the materials to rural farmers

Green Revolution 2.0 :

Ensuring Food Security Through Agricultural R&D

Soil Formation

The process by which rocks and materials are changed to soil over a period of time

Is the result of a combination of five factors

• Parent material
• Climate
• Topography
• Biological factors
• Time

So, for this side, we will explain about soil formation based on topography. First of all, what is the meaning of topography.

Topography …

• The slope of the ground surface as determined by features such as mountains, hills, plains and others

Based on the pictures, we can describe the condition of soil. For the above level which is summit, it show well drained while the lowest level which is toeslope show very poorly drained. For the shoulder level, it show moderately well drained and it more better than backslope that have imperfectly drained and