Boer Farming in Malaysia
EmailWritten by zmusa07 on Apr-3-08 5:03pm
From: skorcareer.com.my
Boer Goat, or more popularly termed as Kambing Boer in Malaysia is tipped to become a backbone in the goat farming activity and plays an important role in driving the agriculture sector, which seems to be ailing lately.
It is expected to undergo a growth of more than 6% per year between 2006 to 2010 and with the support from the Ministry of Agriculture, the government and the associated financial and development bodies, the future seems bright for Boer farming. The National Goat Production Goat (yes, there is such policy) targets to have 1.99 million number of goats in 2015 in Malaysia.
Goat Technology & Research Centre In Terengganu
Date of article: 31 July 2008
There are plans for a RM10 million (USD3mn) goat technology and research centre in Serating, Marang, under the East Coast Economic Region's (ECER) livestock farming initiatives.
The research centre, Taman Teknologi Kaprima Bestari, will be located over 10ha within a Permanent Food Production Park, the ECER secretariat said in a statement in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The move is aimed at Malaysia achieving self-sufficiency in mutton as the country needs 10 million goats a year.Currently, Malaysia imports mutton mainly from Australia.
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-182106144.html
There are plans for a RM10 million (USD3mn) goat technology and research centre in Serating, Marang, under the East Coast Economic Region's (ECER) livestock farming initiatives.
The research centre, Taman Teknologi Kaprima Bestari, will be located over 10ha within a Permanent Food Production Park, the ECER secretariat said in a statement in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The move is aimed at Malaysia achieving self-sufficiency in mutton as the country needs 10 million goats a year.Currently, Malaysia imports mutton mainly from Australia.
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-182106144.html
Popularising Local Goat Meat - Prof Dr Mohamed Ariff Omar
Popularising local goat meat
By Prof Dr Mohamed Ariff Omar
Original Article Source: The Star Online
An order of lamb chops from a posh restaurant will bring you a nicely-done meat of sheep from the kitchen. Tender and succulent with the right proportion of meat and fat – undisputed characteristics of premium grade lamb chops. Alas they are flown from New Zealand or Australia, either chilled or frozen.
You may ask: “Why can’t we be served with Made in Malaysia lamb chops?” Your inquisitiveness may soon be rewarded when our goat industry starts to produce “chevon chops” from young Malaysian bred goats. Yes, chevon chops from goats as lamb chops from sheep.
Lately we have been seeing more local investment in goat farming. More goats are being reared today than in 2003. There are about 20,000 farmers currently involved in goat farming.
“By 2020 the country is envisaged to have 3.2 million goats reared for breeding,” says Datuk Dr Abdul Aziz Jamaluddin, Director-General of the Department of Veterinary Services, Malaysia. “These goats will be the production units to supply 68% of the national requirement for goat meat in 10 years’ time.”
In tandem with this development, the Government has encouraged the setting up of more specialised stock farms to generate high quality goats for breeding. Goats from these farms will supply the improver seed stock to uplift the productivity of goats in the industry.
The joint effort of Mardi and the Department of Veterinary Services has realised the setting up of several Boer goat multiplication farms. Added to that, the East Coast Economic Corridor Development Council has also supported the establishment of such a farm in Terengganu. As is crucial in the other industries, goat marketing has yet to be developed. Currently the many players in the industry have their own strategies to cater to the different market segments – breeding farms, slaughter markets, organic fertiliser processors.
A private sector driven marketing system encompassing all players in the value chain may solve some of the hiccups in the trading and production of meat goats in this country. Why meat from Boer goats and not from our own indigenous Kajang goats? As far as meat yield is concerned, no other breed has yet to surpass the productivity of Boer goats.
At a similar age of slaughter (12 months), Boer goats produce 30% more meat than Kajang. On two hectares of land, Boer goats yield 210% more kilograms of live weight than Kajang goats. Loin portion – from where chevon chops are cut – of Boer goats is 40% heavier than Kajang. Besides, there are many other plus factors when raising Boer goats – ability to breed all year round, and general adaptability to many habitats.
This is not to deny the many virtues of Kajang goats. They are hardy and thrive on poor feeding environment, among others. We need to concurrently improve the Kajang goats by getting them to produce more meat per kilogramme of feed. We could do so by upgrading the local Kajang goats with the Boer. A similar path could also be opted for Jamnapari goats.
Many more things need to be done to get the level of local production to reach the critical mass beyond the breeding phase. Good nutrition is crucial to ensure the productivity potential of Boer goats is not hindered.
Goat rearers require the right skill and knowledge in the husbandry of goats. Use of modern reproductive biotechnologies involving the manipulation and utilisation of semen, embryos and other ovarian products, needs to be explored and commercially applied.
Kajang and other Asiatic goat breeds should be exploited to add to the much needed population of breeder goats, surrogate mothers and replacements. The feeding of goats in the breeding farms and feedlots has to be intensified with more efficient use of locally available feedstuffs, including by-products from rice and oil palm.
Opportunities abound to cater to the demand of the global Halal market of which goat meat could form a substantial portion in the coming years.
Professor Mohamed Ali Rajion of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Universiti Putra Malaysia has even attempted to produce health-enhancing chevon containing increased concentration of unsaturated omega-3 fatty acids.
Much has been said about reinventing agriculture as a third engine of economic growth for Malaysia. Goat farming, when done systematically, can enable the smallholders in the villages to sustain a reasonable income. Going big commercially in the production of goat meat and breeding stock has its role in the national agenda to increase agricultural productivity of the country.
Perhaps this time around we could collectively realise the popular aspiration of meeting our own food needs and being less dependable on outside supplies. And chevon from local goats is surely a nutritious item on the family menu.
Prof Dr Mohamed Ariff Omar
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Universiti Putra Malaysia
http://www.halaljournal.com/article/3755/popularising-local-goat-meat
By Prof Dr Mohamed Ariff Omar
Original Article Source: The Star Online
An order of lamb chops from a posh restaurant will bring you a nicely-done meat of sheep from the kitchen. Tender and succulent with the right proportion of meat and fat – undisputed characteristics of premium grade lamb chops. Alas they are flown from New Zealand or Australia, either chilled or frozen.
You may ask: “Why can’t we be served with Made in Malaysia lamb chops?” Your inquisitiveness may soon be rewarded when our goat industry starts to produce “chevon chops” from young Malaysian bred goats. Yes, chevon chops from goats as lamb chops from sheep.
Lately we have been seeing more local investment in goat farming. More goats are being reared today than in 2003. There are about 20,000 farmers currently involved in goat farming.
“By 2020 the country is envisaged to have 3.2 million goats reared for breeding,” says Datuk Dr Abdul Aziz Jamaluddin, Director-General of the Department of Veterinary Services, Malaysia. “These goats will be the production units to supply 68% of the national requirement for goat meat in 10 years’ time.”
In tandem with this development, the Government has encouraged the setting up of more specialised stock farms to generate high quality goats for breeding. Goats from these farms will supply the improver seed stock to uplift the productivity of goats in the industry.
The joint effort of Mardi and the Department of Veterinary Services has realised the setting up of several Boer goat multiplication farms. Added to that, the East Coast Economic Corridor Development Council has also supported the establishment of such a farm in Terengganu. As is crucial in the other industries, goat marketing has yet to be developed. Currently the many players in the industry have their own strategies to cater to the different market segments – breeding farms, slaughter markets, organic fertiliser processors.
A private sector driven marketing system encompassing all players in the value chain may solve some of the hiccups in the trading and production of meat goats in this country. Why meat from Boer goats and not from our own indigenous Kajang goats? As far as meat yield is concerned, no other breed has yet to surpass the productivity of Boer goats.
At a similar age of slaughter (12 months), Boer goats produce 30% more meat than Kajang. On two hectares of land, Boer goats yield 210% more kilograms of live weight than Kajang goats. Loin portion – from where chevon chops are cut – of Boer goats is 40% heavier than Kajang. Besides, there are many other plus factors when raising Boer goats – ability to breed all year round, and general adaptability to many habitats.
This is not to deny the many virtues of Kajang goats. They are hardy and thrive on poor feeding environment, among others. We need to concurrently improve the Kajang goats by getting them to produce more meat per kilogramme of feed. We could do so by upgrading the local Kajang goats with the Boer. A similar path could also be opted for Jamnapari goats.
Many more things need to be done to get the level of local production to reach the critical mass beyond the breeding phase. Good nutrition is crucial to ensure the productivity potential of Boer goats is not hindered.
Goat rearers require the right skill and knowledge in the husbandry of goats. Use of modern reproductive biotechnologies involving the manipulation and utilisation of semen, embryos and other ovarian products, needs to be explored and commercially applied.
Kajang and other Asiatic goat breeds should be exploited to add to the much needed population of breeder goats, surrogate mothers and replacements. The feeding of goats in the breeding farms and feedlots has to be intensified with more efficient use of locally available feedstuffs, including by-products from rice and oil palm.
Opportunities abound to cater to the demand of the global Halal market of which goat meat could form a substantial portion in the coming years.
Professor Mohamed Ali Rajion of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Universiti Putra Malaysia has even attempted to produce health-enhancing chevon containing increased concentration of unsaturated omega-3 fatty acids.
Much has been said about reinventing agriculture as a third engine of economic growth for Malaysia. Goat farming, when done systematically, can enable the smallholders in the villages to sustain a reasonable income. Going big commercially in the production of goat meat and breeding stock has its role in the national agenda to increase agricultural productivity of the country.
Perhaps this time around we could collectively realise the popular aspiration of meeting our own food needs and being less dependable on outside supplies. And chevon from local goats is surely a nutritious item on the family menu.
Prof Dr Mohamed Ariff Omar
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Universiti Putra Malaysia
http://www.halaljournal.com/article/3755/popularising-local-goat-meat
Generasi Majujaya Sdn Bhd
Industry Outlook
THE ROLE AND COMMITMENT OF GENERASI MAJUJAYA SDN BHD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF JAMNAPARI GOAT INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA.
Introduction
Agriculture has been recognized as the third engine for the development of the national economy. The government has developed the Third National Agricultural Plan (DPN3) as the base towards national development.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry has been leading the transformation process of the agricultural sector in order to realize government's vision and achieve DPN3's goals.
National Agriculture sector status
One of the challenges for the government is to lower the cost of agricultural products especially livestock which has been increasing yearly. In the year 2004, the total import bill for food is RM16.554 billion per year and the number is expected to increase. As a result, it has caused Malaysia to have a trade deficit of RM 6.625 billion per year.
Based on the trend, it is expected that the deficit in national food trade balance will be increased to RM9.673 billion in year 2010 if no changes are initiated to take place.
The Action Trade Balance Plan for food sector 2010
The government has decided to accelerate the transformation process for agriculture sector in the country so that Malaysia will be one of the main countries which supply and export food in the world. The success of the decision will depend on the cooperation from the private sector and the government sector.
Good relationship between private sector and government departments is important in further growth of agricultural sector to make Malaysia a modern agro-based industrial country in the K-economic era.
Main Strategy for the Action Trade Balance Plan
Growth in the production of goat meat is expected to increase by 6.7% per year during the five years of 2006-2010 and will keep increasing as much as 2,020 metric tones in year 2010. The government is looking for ways to give better profit to the commercial and semi-commercial farmers to encourage such ventures. Three main strategies have been identified in the Balance of Trade Action Plan:
• Improve the quality and encourage the usage of local agro-based products
• Analyzing the need for imported agricultural goods and replace it with local agricultural products
• Increase the competitiveness of our products in international market
The Strategy and Planning By GENERASI MAJUJAYA Sdn Bhd
In response to the goals set in DPN3 and The Ninth Malaysia Plan (RMK-9), GENERASI MAJUJAYA Sdn Bhd is giving full support to the Prime Minister of Malaysia and the government to be an active player in the production of quality goat breed and goat meat. Steps are being taken to increase the production of quality livestock using modernized farming technology in order to face the following challenges:
1. Increase the breed production through the development centre, an important element in the growth of goat industry development.
2. Develop a breeder farm to sustain the demand for goat meat and quality breed.
3. The use of contractual bundle service concept to provide better assurance to the farmers as well as providing helps in consultation services, infrastructure requirement, technology, livestock breeds, management, health, feeding, course and services or market development.
A systematic arrangement has been planned to make goat farming activity as the engine to reduce poverty in rural area. The use of technology in farming and application of systematic management is expected to increase the productivity and livestock production, reduce percentage of mortality and produce a better quality goat breed. Steps which are being taken for adoption of modern technology and advance management techniques:
• Application of "Effective Microorganism (EM)" as a catalyst in livestock growth
• Application in Artificial Insemination technique as to increase birth rate
• Application of systematic policy to manage farm, feeding and livestock
• Application of effective farm bio-security management
• Supplying livestock manure for production of organic fertilizer
• In the future we plan to apply Embryo Transfer (ET) technique in producing a quality breed
• In the future we plan to supply goat placenta for the use in cosmetics purposes
Conclusion
GENERASI MAJUJAYA Sdn Bhd has invested in the research and development to introduce good quality Jamnapari breed from Indonesia and we would like to become one of the main supplier for premium Jamnapari breed goat in Malaysia. Our company is willing to work hands in hands with the government and private sectors for the development of goat breeding industries in order to achieve the goals set forth by the government.
As one of the leading Jamnapari expert in the region, our farm is able to produce quality Jamnapari goat with systematic breeding system and management. We are ready to play an important role for production of quality goat to the market and to reduce poverty in rural area. With the constant and continued support from our clients, we are confident that we shall be able to duly accomplish all tasks given to us in the course of working towards the fulfillment of our Corporate Mission.
THE ROLE AND COMMITMENT OF GENERASI MAJUJAYA SDN BHD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF JAMNAPARI GOAT INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA.
Introduction
Agriculture has been recognized as the third engine for the development of the national economy. The government has developed the Third National Agricultural Plan (DPN3) as the base towards national development.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry has been leading the transformation process of the agricultural sector in order to realize government's vision and achieve DPN3's goals.
National Agriculture sector status
One of the challenges for the government is to lower the cost of agricultural products especially livestock which has been increasing yearly. In the year 2004, the total import bill for food is RM16.554 billion per year and the number is expected to increase. As a result, it has caused Malaysia to have a trade deficit of RM 6.625 billion per year.
Based on the trend, it is expected that the deficit in national food trade balance will be increased to RM9.673 billion in year 2010 if no changes are initiated to take place.
The Action Trade Balance Plan for food sector 2010
The government has decided to accelerate the transformation process for agriculture sector in the country so that Malaysia will be one of the main countries which supply and export food in the world. The success of the decision will depend on the cooperation from the private sector and the government sector.
Good relationship between private sector and government departments is important in further growth of agricultural sector to make Malaysia a modern agro-based industrial country in the K-economic era.
Main Strategy for the Action Trade Balance Plan
Growth in the production of goat meat is expected to increase by 6.7% per year during the five years of 2006-2010 and will keep increasing as much as 2,020 metric tones in year 2010. The government is looking for ways to give better profit to the commercial and semi-commercial farmers to encourage such ventures. Three main strategies have been identified in the Balance of Trade Action Plan:
• Improve the quality and encourage the usage of local agro-based products
• Analyzing the need for imported agricultural goods and replace it with local agricultural products
• Increase the competitiveness of our products in international market
The Strategy and Planning By GENERASI MAJUJAYA Sdn Bhd
In response to the goals set in DPN3 and The Ninth Malaysia Plan (RMK-9), GENERASI MAJUJAYA Sdn Bhd is giving full support to the Prime Minister of Malaysia and the government to be an active player in the production of quality goat breed and goat meat. Steps are being taken to increase the production of quality livestock using modernized farming technology in order to face the following challenges:
1. Increase the breed production through the development centre, an important element in the growth of goat industry development.
2. Develop a breeder farm to sustain the demand for goat meat and quality breed.
3. The use of contractual bundle service concept to provide better assurance to the farmers as well as providing helps in consultation services, infrastructure requirement, technology, livestock breeds, management, health, feeding, course and services or market development.
A systematic arrangement has been planned to make goat farming activity as the engine to reduce poverty in rural area. The use of technology in farming and application of systematic management is expected to increase the productivity and livestock production, reduce percentage of mortality and produce a better quality goat breed. Steps which are being taken for adoption of modern technology and advance management techniques:
• Application of "Effective Microorganism (EM)" as a catalyst in livestock growth
• Application in Artificial Insemination technique as to increase birth rate
• Application of systematic policy to manage farm, feeding and livestock
• Application of effective farm bio-security management
• Supplying livestock manure for production of organic fertilizer
• In the future we plan to apply Embryo Transfer (ET) technique in producing a quality breed
• In the future we plan to supply goat placenta for the use in cosmetics purposes
Conclusion
GENERASI MAJUJAYA Sdn Bhd has invested in the research and development to introduce good quality Jamnapari breed from Indonesia and we would like to become one of the main supplier for premium Jamnapari breed goat in Malaysia. Our company is willing to work hands in hands with the government and private sectors for the development of goat breeding industries in order to achieve the goals set forth by the government.
As one of the leading Jamnapari expert in the region, our farm is able to produce quality Jamnapari goat with systematic breeding system and management. We are ready to play an important role for production of quality goat to the market and to reduce poverty in rural area. With the constant and continued support from our clients, we are confident that we shall be able to duly accomplish all tasks given to us in the course of working towards the fulfillment of our Corporate Mission.
ECER - Set To Be An Agropolitan Hub Focusing On Developing Crop, Fish And Livestock Clusters
The East Coast Economic Region is set to be an agropolitan hub focusing on developing crop, fish and livestock clusters
Agriculture will be the main thrust of the East Coast Economic Region (ECER), generating revenue of RM8.57 billion in the three east coast states by 2020, Petronas president and chief executive officer Tan Sri Hassan Merican.
Two years ago, revenue from agriculture was about RM3.7 billion.
To help Pahang, Kelantan and Terengganu achieve this, the ECER - the latest of the country's three economic corridors introduced in the past few months - is creating an "agropolitan", literally an A-Z of an agricultural hub.
Hassan said Kelantan had been identified for the cultivation of poultry and herbs, Terengganu for goat rearing and citrus valley and Pahang, for cattle farming and pineapples.
'Our experts have identified two types of crops - citrus fruits and pineapples - as the most suitable to be cultivated in the region," he said in a statement.
In 2005, agriculture accounted for about 16 percent of the region's gross domestic product and provided 22.9 percent of the regional labour force. ECER, which also covers Mersing in Johor, makes up 51 percent of the total land areas in Peninsular Malaysia.
Agropolitan is an all-encompassing approach from providing quality seeds to good agriculture practices and business mentoring, and it will help many get a leg up. As a whole, the creation of agropolitan hubs will enhance industry practices, increase yield and supplement income stream.
This is being done by expanding large-scale commercial farming, the use of modern technology, developing value-added activities and improving supply chain management, Hassan said.
Central of the approach is the establishment of Collection, Processing and Packaging Centres (CPPCs) and Collection and Marketing Centres (CMCs). They are the nerve centre for sorting, grading and tagging of fruits and vegetables, packaging, processing, palletising, cold chain services, retails and export management and distribution.
The CPPC and CMC will also serve as a one-stop centre for services certification and accreditation. They will be connected to supermarkets and exporters for efficiency, production planning, inventory control as well as trading and negotiations.
A total of 18 CPPCs and CMCs will be built, including eight specifically to cater for fruits and vegetables. The remaining 10 will focus on kenaf (two), herbal (three), fish (two) and livestock (three).
Petronas has also proposed a number of agriculture parks. They include permanent, separate parks for agriculture food, poultry production, beef/mutton production and Aquaculture Industry Zone (AIZ).
In Pahang, some 7,400ha in Pekan and Rompin has been earmarked for pineapple parks as well 5,000ha in Ulu Tembeling and 3,500ha in Lanchang for permanent fruit parks. Terengganu gets 1,000ha in Lojing for floriculture and vegetable plantation and another 1,414ha in Dungun for a citrus fruits valley. There will be two AIZs in Terengganu (Kenyir) and Kelantan (Pergau).
Part of the agropolitan approach is to focus on developing crop, fish and livestock clusters. The strategies also require participation of private sector and government agencies like Felda as anchor companies, and the strengthening of marketing and global networking.
Strategic initiatives to develop the crop clusters will include establishing nucleus-contract farming models involving farmers and anchor companies, as well as agriculture parks including permanent food production parks, and group farming projects.
Kuala Berang in Terengganu has been picked as a production base of breeder animal stocks for goats, while Muadzam Shah in Pahang, for cattle to be distributed to commercial farmers for breeding and fattening.
SMEs (small and medium enterprises), meanwhile, will be roped in for poultry farming in at least four poultry parks in Gua Musang (Kelantan), Chendering (Terengganu), Gebeng and Gambang in Pahang.
Strategies for the fisheries clusters will include production of fish for commercial fish farming, development of downstream activities relating to fish processing and value-added products and improving output and economic standing of micro-SMEs currently involved in fish processing.
Overall, the focus on agropolitan will create jobs for more than 42,000 local populace throughout the value chain, besides entrepreneur opportunities for local companies and SMEs, Hassan said
Source: BizNews, The New Straits Times, Saturday, October 6, 2007
Agriculture will be the main thrust of the East Coast Economic Region (ECER), generating revenue of RM8.57 billion in the three east coast states by 2020, Petronas president and chief executive officer Tan Sri Hassan Merican.
Two years ago, revenue from agriculture was about RM3.7 billion.
To help Pahang, Kelantan and Terengganu achieve this, the ECER - the latest of the country's three economic corridors introduced in the past few months - is creating an "agropolitan", literally an A-Z of an agricultural hub.
Hassan said Kelantan had been identified for the cultivation of poultry and herbs, Terengganu for goat rearing and citrus valley and Pahang, for cattle farming and pineapples.
'Our experts have identified two types of crops - citrus fruits and pineapples - as the most suitable to be cultivated in the region," he said in a statement.
In 2005, agriculture accounted for about 16 percent of the region's gross domestic product and provided 22.9 percent of the regional labour force. ECER, which also covers Mersing in Johor, makes up 51 percent of the total land areas in Peninsular Malaysia.
Agropolitan is an all-encompassing approach from providing quality seeds to good agriculture practices and business mentoring, and it will help many get a leg up. As a whole, the creation of agropolitan hubs will enhance industry practices, increase yield and supplement income stream.
This is being done by expanding large-scale commercial farming, the use of modern technology, developing value-added activities and improving supply chain management, Hassan said.
Central of the approach is the establishment of Collection, Processing and Packaging Centres (CPPCs) and Collection and Marketing Centres (CMCs). They are the nerve centre for sorting, grading and tagging of fruits and vegetables, packaging, processing, palletising, cold chain services, retails and export management and distribution.
The CPPC and CMC will also serve as a one-stop centre for services certification and accreditation. They will be connected to supermarkets and exporters for efficiency, production planning, inventory control as well as trading and negotiations.
A total of 18 CPPCs and CMCs will be built, including eight specifically to cater for fruits and vegetables. The remaining 10 will focus on kenaf (two), herbal (three), fish (two) and livestock (three).
Petronas has also proposed a number of agriculture parks. They include permanent, separate parks for agriculture food, poultry production, beef/mutton production and Aquaculture Industry Zone (AIZ).
In Pahang, some 7,400ha in Pekan and Rompin has been earmarked for pineapple parks as well 5,000ha in Ulu Tembeling and 3,500ha in Lanchang for permanent fruit parks. Terengganu gets 1,000ha in Lojing for floriculture and vegetable plantation and another 1,414ha in Dungun for a citrus fruits valley. There will be two AIZs in Terengganu (Kenyir) and Kelantan (Pergau).
Part of the agropolitan approach is to focus on developing crop, fish and livestock clusters. The strategies also require participation of private sector and government agencies like Felda as anchor companies, and the strengthening of marketing and global networking.
Strategic initiatives to develop the crop clusters will include establishing nucleus-contract farming models involving farmers and anchor companies, as well as agriculture parks including permanent food production parks, and group farming projects.
Kuala Berang in Terengganu has been picked as a production base of breeder animal stocks for goats, while Muadzam Shah in Pahang, for cattle to be distributed to commercial farmers for breeding and fattening.
SMEs (small and medium enterprises), meanwhile, will be roped in for poultry farming in at least four poultry parks in Gua Musang (Kelantan), Chendering (Terengganu), Gebeng and Gambang in Pahang.
Strategies for the fisheries clusters will include production of fish for commercial fish farming, development of downstream activities relating to fish processing and value-added products and improving output and economic standing of micro-SMEs currently involved in fish processing.
Overall, the focus on agropolitan will create jobs for more than 42,000 local populace throughout the value chain, besides entrepreneur opportunities for local companies and SMEs, Hassan said
Source: BizNews, The New Straits Times, Saturday, October 6, 2007
Potensi Perniagaan Penternakan Kambing Boer Di Malaysia
Industri penternakan kambing dijangka berkembang pesat di Malaysia dengan pertumbuhan pada kadar 6.7% setahun untuk tempoh dari 2006 hingga 2010. Minat pengusaha menternak kambing juga semakin berkembang berikutan dasar kerajaan yang menggalakkan pertumbuhan ternakan kambing ini.
Polisi Pengeluaran Kambing Kebangsaan mensasarkan pengeluaran 4.96 juta ekor dengan 1.99 juta untuk penternakan kambing menjelang 2015.
Tiga jenis kambing yang pada masa ini diternak di Malaysia ialah dari jenis baka daging, tenusu dan bulu. Kini, kambing boer semakin menjadi pillihan penternak kerana mutu dagingnya yang tinggi dan mudah untuk diternak. Kambing boer mula berada di negara ini selepas dibawa oleh Mardi pada tahun 2001 dari Afrika Selatan. Kini, banyak kambing boer yang dibawa ke negara ini diimport dari Australia.
Ciri ciri kambing boer:
Subur dan mudah membiak sepanjang tahun
Mempunyai lebih banyak daging kerana tulangnya lebih nipis berbanding kambing lain
Daging lebih bermutu, tinggi khasiat, rendah kalori, kolesterol dan kaya dengan protein
Kambing boer paling bagus dari segi daging berbanding baka jamnapari anglo nubian, alphine dan beratus ratus baka yang lain
Tahan lasak kepada pelbagai jenis penyakit dan boleh menyesuaikan diri dari sebarang bentuk persekitaran dan cuaca
Daging kambing boer bukan sahaja lebih enak dan bermutu, malah dicadangkan oleh American Heart of Association untuk mereka yang menghadapi masalah berkaitan jantung. Pada masa ini, pengeluaran kambing di negara ini adalah pada kadar 8% dan masih mempunyai ruang dan potensi yang besar untuk berkembang.
Diambil Daripada:
http://ladangkambingkami.blogspot.com/
Polisi Pengeluaran Kambing Kebangsaan mensasarkan pengeluaran 4.96 juta ekor dengan 1.99 juta untuk penternakan kambing menjelang 2015.
Tiga jenis kambing yang pada masa ini diternak di Malaysia ialah dari jenis baka daging, tenusu dan bulu. Kini, kambing boer semakin menjadi pillihan penternak kerana mutu dagingnya yang tinggi dan mudah untuk diternak. Kambing boer mula berada di negara ini selepas dibawa oleh Mardi pada tahun 2001 dari Afrika Selatan. Kini, banyak kambing boer yang dibawa ke negara ini diimport dari Australia.
Ciri ciri kambing boer:
Subur dan mudah membiak sepanjang tahun
Mempunyai lebih banyak daging kerana tulangnya lebih nipis berbanding kambing lain
Daging lebih bermutu, tinggi khasiat, rendah kalori, kolesterol dan kaya dengan protein
Kambing boer paling bagus dari segi daging berbanding baka jamnapari anglo nubian, alphine dan beratus ratus baka yang lain
Tahan lasak kepada pelbagai jenis penyakit dan boleh menyesuaikan diri dari sebarang bentuk persekitaran dan cuaca
Daging kambing boer bukan sahaja lebih enak dan bermutu, malah dicadangkan oleh American Heart of Association untuk mereka yang menghadapi masalah berkaitan jantung. Pada masa ini, pengeluaran kambing di negara ini adalah pada kadar 8% dan masih mempunyai ruang dan potensi yang besar untuk berkembang.
Diambil Daripada:
http://ladangkambingkami.blogspot.com/
Plans Afoot For RM10 Mln Goat Research Centre In ECER
July 29, 2008 13:27 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (Bernama) -- There are plans in the pipeline for an RM10 million goat technology and research centre in Serating, Marang, under the East Coast Economic Regions livestock farming initiatives.
The research centre, Taman Teknologi Kaprima Bestari, will be located over 10 hectares within a Permanent Food Production Park, the ECER secretariat said in a statement here Tuesday.
The move is aimed at Malaysia achieving self-sufficiency in mutton as the country needs 10 million goats a year.
Currently, Malaysia mainly imports mutton from Australia.
The technology goat park, which will be built and managed by the Department of Veterinary Service Terengganu (JPHT), will collate all relevant information and research on goat breeding, as well as modernize the countrys goat breeding industry, with the ECER as a prominent hub, it said.
"This technology park is projected to be a research and information centre for goat breeders, especially those from Asian countries," JPHTs Director Dr Azizol Mohd Sharun was quoted as saying in the statement.
"We will bring in the latest goat breeding technology and techniques from abroad. This new technology will help breeders to minimize the production cost and give better returns."
Meanwhile, breeders and parties interested in the industry can avail themselves to goat farming courses, he said.
"We envisage the goat park to offer better economic prospects and employment opportunities for local entrepreneurs and graduates in related fields of study."
The goat technology park will be equipped with a farmhouse, mini slaughterhouse, fertilizer processing factory, restaurant, product exhibition hall, a mosque, and staff dormitories.
Aside from goat breeding and research activities, the park also offers an attractive and children-friendly tourist attraction where feeding and patting animals may be highlights.
Terengganu is targeting over 3.5 million visitors this year. Many of its tourism attractions are aimed at nature lovers and the goat park is expected to draw in its fair share of tourists.
The nations per capita consumption of mutton has risen from 0.67kg in 2006 to 0.74kg in 2007.
Malaysia has traditionally been Australias biggest live export market, importing about 15,000 tonnes of mutton and 50,000 goats.
Under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP), the ECER is targeted to increase the goat breeding activities by seven percent within five years to tap into increasing local and international demand.
It will focus on high meat yielding goats to replace the smaller local animals.
To achieve its goal of 35 percent self-sufficiency in goat production by year 2015, it will need another 18,000 breeding goats.
The target is for ECER to hit 2,020 metric tonnes in year 2020, it said.
Malaysias goat farming is made up of 75 percent traditional breeders, while 15 per cent is semi-commercial with 10 percent in commercial farming.
Within the ECER, projects to boost goat breeding includes setting up a nucleus goat breeding research centre in Tersat, the establishment of the Collection, Processing and Packaging Centre (CPPC) and Collection and Marketing Centre (CMC) for traditional farmers to assemble and market goats.
-- BERNAMA
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (Bernama) -- There are plans in the pipeline for an RM10 million goat technology and research centre in Serating, Marang, under the East Coast Economic Regions livestock farming initiatives.
The research centre, Taman Teknologi Kaprima Bestari, will be located over 10 hectares within a Permanent Food Production Park, the ECER secretariat said in a statement here Tuesday.
The move is aimed at Malaysia achieving self-sufficiency in mutton as the country needs 10 million goats a year.
Currently, Malaysia mainly imports mutton from Australia.
The technology goat park, which will be built and managed by the Department of Veterinary Service Terengganu (JPHT), will collate all relevant information and research on goat breeding, as well as modernize the countrys goat breeding industry, with the ECER as a prominent hub, it said.
"This technology park is projected to be a research and information centre for goat breeders, especially those from Asian countries," JPHTs Director Dr Azizol Mohd Sharun was quoted as saying in the statement.
"We will bring in the latest goat breeding technology and techniques from abroad. This new technology will help breeders to minimize the production cost and give better returns."
Meanwhile, breeders and parties interested in the industry can avail themselves to goat farming courses, he said.
"We envisage the goat park to offer better economic prospects and employment opportunities for local entrepreneurs and graduates in related fields of study."
The goat technology park will be equipped with a farmhouse, mini slaughterhouse, fertilizer processing factory, restaurant, product exhibition hall, a mosque, and staff dormitories.
Aside from goat breeding and research activities, the park also offers an attractive and children-friendly tourist attraction where feeding and patting animals may be highlights.
Terengganu is targeting over 3.5 million visitors this year. Many of its tourism attractions are aimed at nature lovers and the goat park is expected to draw in its fair share of tourists.
The nations per capita consumption of mutton has risen from 0.67kg in 2006 to 0.74kg in 2007.
Malaysia has traditionally been Australias biggest live export market, importing about 15,000 tonnes of mutton and 50,000 goats.
Under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP), the ECER is targeted to increase the goat breeding activities by seven percent within five years to tap into increasing local and international demand.
It will focus on high meat yielding goats to replace the smaller local animals.
To achieve its goal of 35 percent self-sufficiency in goat production by year 2015, it will need another 18,000 breeding goats.
The target is for ECER to hit 2,020 metric tonnes in year 2020, it said.
Malaysias goat farming is made up of 75 percent traditional breeders, while 15 per cent is semi-commercial with 10 percent in commercial farming.
Within the ECER, projects to boost goat breeding includes setting up a nucleus goat breeding research centre in Tersat, the establishment of the Collection, Processing and Packaging Centre (CPPC) and Collection and Marketing Centre (CMC) for traditional farmers to assemble and market goats.
-- BERNAMA
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