Tech-driving growth in Sarawak’s agriculture

Being the largest state in Malaysia, it is perhaps a common miscomception that Sarawak would be one of the frontrunners of agriculture. However, this is not the case as the numbers of local farmers and livestock breeders have steadily decreased over the decades. Collectively, the complaints from our agriculture sector has always been focused on the lack of potential to export agriculture products outside of Sarawak and the difficulty in maintaining lower overhead costs. BizHive Weekly takes a look at the push taken to rectify these issues and new trends in the local agriculture scene: