Category: Natural Farming EN

N.V. SUBBAROW Bringing Agroecology into the Lives of Malaysians – the Success Story For Malaysian consumers, N.V. Subbarow is synonymous with the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP). He joined the rganisation in 1981 and has since immersed himself in all its activities. He championed consumers’ rights in all ways possible and played a crucial role in transforming the lives and thinking...

Introducing Students to Chemical-Free Agriculture as a Livelihood MySkills Foundation in Kampung Baru Sejantung, Kalumpang in Selangor has been extensively carrying out environmental and agricultural activities for its students. It also ensures that the agricultural methods taught to the students are free from agrochemicals and holistic in nature. Through such genuine agricultural enterprise,...

KESAVAN MANOKARAN Safety and Health Officer Proposes Safe Farming Kesavan Manokaran's passion for planting and curiosity about nature led him to a career in agriculture. A Masters degree holder in industrial safety management, Kesavan has been working as a safety and health officer for the past 9 years. He talks to people from all walks of life about the safety measures they should adhere to in...

LEE KOK LEONG A Plea to Address the Plight of Landless Farmers Lee Kong Leong worked as an engineer for over 2 decades. Then he decided to switch his career to something life-enhancing and duly found his calling in farming. “I was determined that if at all I wanted to do farming, it should be without the intrusion of agrochemicals,” recalled Lee. In 2008, Lee approached the Agriculture...

YAHQAPPU ADAIKKALAM Devoted to Farming Yahqappu Adaikkalam’s 1½ acres of land at Batu Arang, Selangor, radiates all the agroecological features that are essential to protecting the earth from the intimidating clutches of agrochemicals. The 20 years of practising natural farming have turned Yahqappu into a refined farmer who puts the environment to the fore at all costs. Yahqappu has the least...

CHUAH JIUNN HARNG Reviving the Soil and Recreating Lives Chuah Jiunn Harng, fondly called Jake, developed the dream of being an organic farmer while studying biotechnology at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. During his internship at another university, part of his job was to assist Masters students in researching genetically modified foods. These students were working on ways to increase the...

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,...