SIBU: M & J Agriculture Sdn Bhd, a bumiputera-owned agricultural company has a mission to encourage young people to venture into agriculture. Its Managing Director, Flora Syareena John said the company is also willing to provide guidance and training to young people in the activities involved.
“We strongly encourage young people to venture into agriculture and want them to see the great potential of agriculture field,” she told reporters during the launch of the M & J Agriculture Sdn Bhd last weekeend.
Flora was speaking to reporters after the launched of M & J Agriculture Sdn Bhd at Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce Road. The opening ceremony was officiated at by a member of board of directors of the Malaysian Pepper Board (LLM), Dr Elli Luhat. Also present were M & J Agriculture Chief Executive Officer John Agong, Assistant Managing Director Zainorman Zainon and others. According to Flora, the company was set up on August 14 last year and focuses on pepper, rubber, vanilla and ‘ikan empurau’(a type of fish) livestock.
As a start, the company will cultivate pepper over seven acres of land in Julau. “For one acre, we will plant 2,000 pepper vines, which will also use new technology in pepper cultivation to increase production and yield,”she explained. In addition, the company also wants to become a major pepper exporter in the country.
Meanwhile, according to Elli, the field of agriculture is a field that everyone must to be involved with. “As long as we continue to plant, we will get the result, in contrast to other industries or fields,” he said. Elli also pledged to continue supporting M & J Agriculture management, as it is the first bumiputera company to venture into pepper business.
