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.