Council workers show the way
KUCHING: As a message to get traders to get into the act, Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) workers cleaned the ditches around the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) farmer’s market in Matang Jaya on Wednesday (July 28). The activity was part of the ‘Clean Town’ programme in conjunction with the ongoing Kuching Cleanliness Month. MPP chairman […]
Medan Niaga Satok to be agrotourism destination
KUCHING: The Medan Niaga Satok here will be turned into an agrotourism destination where visitors can obtain food and agricultural products. Visitors can also enjoy themselves with daytime and evening entertainment activities, notably in the existing fort area. Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) Director-General Datuk Zainal Abidin Yang Razalli said this after his courtesy call […]
Tebedu needs permanent ‘Pasar Tamu’
Dr Simon Sinang Bada (GPS-Tebedu) has called for a permanent ‘Pasar Tamu’ to be built in Bandar Mutiara Tebedu. He said this would enable farmers to market their agricultural products and all downstream products produced by farmers. “On April 30 to May 1, the District Office in collaboration with Tebedu Service Centre organised the Desa Fair […]
We can be global food exporter: Uggah
KUCHING: The State Farmers’ Organisation (PPNS) has been tasked to design a mechanism and system to ensure that Sarawak’s agricultural produce reaches the global market. Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Agriculture Modernisation, Native Land and Regional Development Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said it was crucial to move the whole supply chain – from […]
200 Miri Hospital frontliners get agricultural produce contributions
MIRI: The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, through the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama), handed out agricultural produce to 200 Miri Hospital frontliners. “It’s part of the ministry’s Prihatin programme, to help those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as to appreciate the sacrifices made by frontliners,” said Fama chairman Datuk Mohd Fasiah […]
Amendments to Fama Act to be tabled in Parliament
KOTA KINABALU: Amendments to the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) Act 1965, among others to enable Fama to manage the marketing of livestock products, will be tabled in Parliament, said Agriculture and Food Industries (Mafi) Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee. He said the amendment would open up a wider scope in Fama’s role in […]
Rental waiver for traders at farmers’ markets
JASIN: The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) will provide rent exemption to farmers’ market traders nationwide as farmers’ markets are not allowed to operate during phase one of the movement control under the National Recovery Plan (NRP). Its director-general Datuk Zainal Abidin Yang Razalli said the initiative would benefit 13,181 agro-entrepreneurs in 312 locations in […]
Durian farmers going online to cut out the middlemen
KANGAR: It is becoming a trend to sell products and goods via social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and others ever since the country was hit by Covid-19 and came under the first movement control order (MCO) on March 18 2020. Durian traders have also joined in the online bandwagon to market […]
Fama helps by paying good price for crystal fruit
KUCHING: Avid fans of crystal fruit or buah kristal in Malaya are in for a treat as some 3.2 tonnes of the seasonal fruits was exported by the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) to selected Fama-controlled fresh markets (PST). Fama Sarawak director Abdul Jaafar Lian said the shipment today (June 15) was part of about […]
One-stop market mobile app mulled
By Natasha Jee & Ivy Maria Christopher KUCHING: The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) Sarawak is planning to set up a one-stop market mobile application to boost the sales of fresh local produce and livestock from its market. Its director Abdul Jaafar Lian said the matter was still being under the study and discussion by […]
