KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) will be collaborating with a local fertiliser supplier in an effort to strengthen eco-farm agriculture as an educational platform based on research training for the benefit of all stakeholders, especially students and agri-entrepreneurs.
UMS vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Kasim Mansur believed that these efforts through the collaboration with Yun Fung Sang Group Sdn Bhd could encourage more local parties to get involved in the field of agriculture and create avenues for research activities in the oil palm and other agricultural fields.
In addition, both parties also agreed to cooperate in establishing the Chair of Regenerative Agriculture and Biodiversity. Yun Fung Sang Group Sdn Bhd has agreed to support the UMS eco-farm project, which involves studying the application of additional trace elements to soils to improve oil palm yield, soil health and soil fauna diversity in a 12ha oil palm plantation in Gum-Gum, Mile 16 in the east coast Sandakan district.
Earlier, Suzan said that the goal of this collaborative project was to improve soil nutrient management in the palm oil agroecosystem by providing better information and advice to palm oil farmers, focusing on sustainability indicators such as soil trace element enrichment and cost-effectiveness.
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