• Building a complete supply-chain for players

Likewise, the Ministry of Modernisation of Agriculture and Rural Economy is working on to build a complete supply chain to enable farmers and agriculture producers in Sarawak

Uggah said his ministry will be helping farmers in Sarawak to establish a complete supply chain management system for their production and marketing of their produce by providing the necessary facilities.

Uggah believed the system is important to enable farmers in the state to increase their income and raise their standard of living.

He stressed that the system is the catalystic factor that will help farmers in the lower income group to get out of the poverty circle in the future. Besides, he noted that the system is effective and is being practiced and applied by some

industry players around in the world.

“It is very important for farmers to develop a complete supply chain along their production and marketing of produce.

“It will assist them to generate better income and help them to live a better life.

“Farmers especially in Sarawak need to re-think about the whole process of farming in the new era of globalisation.

“From planting the seed to harvesting the crops and subsequently marketing the produce to the end-user or consumers, modern farmers need to understand the entire supply chain which could benefit them in the long run.

“Besides, they also need to do market analysis, provide better packaging to market their products and form a good network and distribution channel,” he said after making a study trip to a farm in West Java, Indonesia in October this year.

It is very important for farmers to develop a complete supply chain along their production and marketing of produce. Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture and Rural Economy