Biotech Key to Agro Growth
THE Third National Agriculture Policy (1998-2010) focuses on agriculture programmes which emphasise agro-forestry, mixed farming, rehabilitation of marginal plants, recycling of organic waste, mulching, cover cropping, organic farming, composting and soil and water conservation. According to the Statistics Department’s Monthly Statistical Bulletin, the food bill increased from RM3.5bil in 1985 to RM11.3bil in 2000 and it…