Lai Cheng

HUD SULAIMAN Integrated Farming is the Answer to Food Safety and Sovereignty Hud Sulaiman, as Managing Director of the Malaysian Institute of Sustainable Agriculture (MISA), has been conducting a variety of environmental and agroecological activities for the past 10 years. The objective of the organisation is to promote sustainable agriculture through education, science and welfare. In the...

CHEAH SIN CHOR Farming is All about Prospering and Sharing The verdant forest dotted with a variety of tropical trees at Kampung Mata Air, Pulai Chondong, Machang, Kelantan, stands tall and confident purely for the reason that its proud owner, Cheah Sin Chor, had promised its inhabitants that he would not in any manner intrude into their lives. “Agriculture is not mere planting, harvesting,...

KUMARASAMY THANNIMALAI A Lecturer that Farms to Cater to the Needs of the Local Community Kumarasamy Thannimalai is a successful farmer despite his busy schedule as a lecturer at IPG. His unquenchable thirst for farming made him keep learning all the nuances of growing and caring for plants. In 1993, he started farming on 25,000 square feet of land adjacent to his house at Taman Kangkung, Lunas,...

NURFITRI AMIR MUHAMMAD Seeds are Farmers' Property Fitri Amir, a microbiology graduate from Universiti Sains Malaysia, has previously worked as a virologist at the Veterinary Research Institute and 2 research centres in socioeconomic research. He was also a project leader for the community development project of Al-Bukhari International University and, during his early years after graduation,...

FARID IZZEADY BIN AMIR WAHIDUDDIN Turning Barren Farming Lands into Thriving Farmlands Farid Izzeady bin Amir Wahiduddin has a Bachelor’s degree in environmental science and, as a Managing Director at Diribumi Ecological Services, provides consultation on organic farming methods and works actively to enhance the lives of the rural community. Farid’s enterprise stemmed from his love for rural...

MALARKODDY SUNDARAM Providing Healthy Food through Mushroom Cultivation Malarkoddy Sundaram, an ex-teacher from Kuala Ketil, Kedah, who is determined to keep learning even after her retirement, channelled her energy into exploring mushroom cultivation. In between engaging herself to teach moral and religious lessons to children in nearby schools, she tried her hands at farming. In 2021, she...