chapter 6 - Malaysia Productivity Corporation ( MPC)

PRODUCTIVITY PERFORMANCE OF THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR
MADA, such as the small average size of farms, low
average yield, low irrigation intensity, and an aging
farming community will be addressed directly.
The SPV jointly established by MADA and
Beras Nasional (BERNAS) will be involved in the
management of the entire value chain, from seed
supply to rice processing and wholesaling. In
the “estatisation” of farmers’ fields, the latter will
be consolidated into economic-sized parcels of
100 hectares to achieve economies of scale. With
commercial scale farming, improved irrigation
intensity, and the use of new technology, paddy
yield is expected to increase to eight tonnes per
hectare by 2020. The management of farmers’ land
will be outsourced to the SPV using three models
of land management, namely: fixed rental, profit
sharing and fixed management fee models.
Existing operators or farmer cooperatives will
be employed by the SPV to manage these large
The Clearfield Production System to provide an effective
solution for the control of weedy rice in a direct-seeding
culture
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farms. Irrigation intensity will be improved to
30 metres per hectare in areas with the highest
potential yield gain. MARDI, in collaboration with
a Multi National Corporation (MNC), has launched
the Clearfield Production System for rice which
combines high-yielding seeds (MR220 CL1 and
MR220 CL2) with broad-spectrum herbicides for
efficient, season-long weed control and improved
crop quality. The adoption of technologies across
the value chain, from seed production to milling,
will increase productivity and yield, and in turn,
farmers’ incomes.
Insofar as land consolidation is concerned, 2,932
landowners have signed agreements to outsource
the management of 5,016 hectares for the
implementation of estate farming through the SPV.
Surveying, designing and planning activities for
the improvement of the irrigation infrastructure
began in 2011, and 199 hectares of land have been
acquired for this purpose.
A new variety of rice with significantly higher yields using
Clearfield Production System benefits rice farmers in
Malaysia