Supply bottlenecks in crop production due to the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the shortage and high agriculture prices. Due to this, the Agriculture Ministry is looking into improvements […]
Malaysia Agriculture 4.0
Realising Agriculture 4.0 is not without its challenges. For one, the industry is still very much dependent on manual labour. Shortage of manpower coupled with productivity issues has […]
Smart Farming and Analytics
Malaysia’s agriculture industry is gradually shifting away from traditional to smart farming. However, “technology” remains the number one challenge faced by companies in the industry. A study by […]
Why Visibility Matters in Your Oil Palm Plantation
Complexity a Determining Factor in Business Process Visibility Analysts from Forrester Research defines business complexity as “the condition of having several interdependent and interconnected stakeholders, information technology systems […]
Feeding the World with Smarter Farming: From Agritech to What We Eat
In 2022 – 2023, the world population will cross the 8 billion mark. With the population steadily increasing, the global community must step up efforts to increase the […]
5 Promising Technologies to Complement Your Oil Palm Agriculture Strategy in 2022
The ever-present labour crunch in agriculture, more so in the palm oil industry, calls for more mechanisation plans and development of agriculture technology. Aspects of the industry, most […]
The New Norms in Agriculture
When we talk about agriculture, most people would imagine hard labour and exhausting manual work under the hot scorching sun. In 2022 when flying cars are already common, […]
SMART Goals for Better Decision Making
New year means new resolutions (provided you have crossed off last year’s resolutions). For some, we might have been recycling the same resolutions for years. This situation is […]
Human vs Technology in Agriculture
We always hear the adage of how technology and artificial intelligence would be taking over the world in the future. This claim has subtly impacted our acceptance of […]
Taking Advantage of Unfavourable Weather
With the monsoon season set to continue from now till March, can plantation managers make the best out of these unpredictable situations? For oil palm plantations, excessive downpour […]