Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture & Rural Economy YB Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas (second left) trying out an innovation from Innovative and Creative Circle (ICC) hybrid group Menaul Batu II (Department of Agriculture Bintulu and Universiti Putra Malaysia) during his visit to the conference exhibition booths at Pullman Hotel, Kuching on Tuesday, 25 October 2016.
Themed “Modern Farming Technologies for Greater Benefits”, the three-day event that starts on 25 October is organised by the Department of Agriculture (DOA) Sarawak for senior officers from DOA, Ministry of Modernisation of Agriculture & Rural Economy (MOARE), and other agriculture agencies to deliberate and discuss current priority projects, as well as for research officers to present their research findings relating to agriculture modernisation.
130 participants are attending the conference, where 24 priority projects carried out by DOA, along with 26 technical and information papers from research officers of various fields, are to be presented.
