Sustainable rice yield improvement programme in Merbok, Kedah
Development of Kedah as a state in northern Peninsular Malaysia occurs rapidly when switching pattern of its economic base from trading to agriculture base, especially rice farming. Therefore, Merbok was chosen as the site for carrying out the study because it is outside the area of paddy granaries....
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Program Pemindahan Ilmu - Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia
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| author | Oslan, Nur Lyana Farhan Mohd Fesool, Mohd Fahmi Jusop, Shamshuddin Othman, Radziah Ishak, Che Fauziah Man, Norsida |
| author_facet | Oslan, Nur Lyana Farhan Mohd Fesool, Mohd Fahmi Jusop, Shamshuddin Othman, Radziah Ishak, Che Fauziah Man, Norsida |
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| description | Development of Kedah as a state in northern Peninsular Malaysia occurs rapidly when switching pattern of its economic base from trading to agriculture base, especially rice farming. Therefore, Merbok was chosen as the site for carrying out the study because it is outside the area of paddy granaries. However, it still contributes to the higher yield. Thus, knowledge transfer program (KTP) was carried out to help preserve more agricultural fields in the area. Program carried out by selecting four (4) farmers and take at least 0.7 ha to 1.4 ha of each participant to be a demo plot. Knowledge transfer program started from September, 2012 and will end in August, 2014 include seminars, advisory services in collaboration with farmers in Merbok. The method of used beneficial microbes (bio-fertilizer) and lime (GML). Expected results of the program is that farmers become more knowledgeable in rice production resulting in increase income. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-664502019-02-13T06:59:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66450/ Sustainable rice yield improvement programme in Merbok, Kedah Oslan, Nur Lyana Farhan Mohd Fesool, Mohd Fahmi Jusop, Shamshuddin Othman, Radziah Ishak, Che Fauziah Man, Norsida Development of Kedah as a state in northern Peninsular Malaysia occurs rapidly when switching pattern of its economic base from trading to agriculture base, especially rice farming. Therefore, Merbok was chosen as the site for carrying out the study because it is outside the area of paddy granaries. However, it still contributes to the higher yield. Thus, knowledge transfer program (KTP) was carried out to help preserve more agricultural fields in the area. Program carried out by selecting four (4) farmers and take at least 0.7 ha to 1.4 ha of each participant to be a demo plot. Knowledge transfer program started from September, 2012 and will end in August, 2014 include seminars, advisory services in collaboration with farmers in Merbok. The method of used beneficial microbes (bio-fertilizer) and lime (GML). Expected results of the program is that farmers become more knowledgeable in rice production resulting in increase income. Program Pemindahan Ilmu - Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66450/1/KTP13-113.pdf Oslan, Nur Lyana Farhan and Mohd Fesool, Mohd Fahmi and Jusop, Shamshuddin and Othman, Radziah and Ishak, Che Fauziah and Man, Norsida (2013) Sustainable rice yield improvement programme in Merbok, Kedah. In: Persidangan Kebangsaan Pertama Program Pemindahan Ilmu (KTP 01), 21-23 Ogos 2013, Equatorial Hotel, Bangi. (pp. 978-981). |
| spellingShingle | Oslan, Nur Lyana Farhan Mohd Fesool, Mohd Fahmi Jusop, Shamshuddin Othman, Radziah Ishak, Che Fauziah Man, Norsida Sustainable rice yield improvement programme in Merbok, Kedah |
| title | Sustainable rice yield improvement programme in Merbok, Kedah |
| title_full | Sustainable rice yield improvement programme in Merbok, Kedah |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable rice yield improvement programme in Merbok, Kedah |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable rice yield improvement programme in Merbok, Kedah |
| title_short | Sustainable rice yield improvement programme in Merbok, Kedah |
| title_sort | sustainable rice yield improvement programme in merbok kedah |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66450/1/KTP13-113.pdf |
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