Apply for myGAP.AM

KUCHING: Sarawak’s honey bee and stingless bee (kelulut) entrepreneurs or organisations are urged to apply for the Malaysian Good Agricultural Practice (myGAP) Certification Scheme on Honey Bee and Stingless Bee Breeding – myGAP.AM. The push came from Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas in his speech read by Assistant Modernisation of Agriculture, Native […]

Huge potential in bee farming

KUCHING: Honey bee and stingless bee farming has the potential for expansion. This is because Sarawak has the advantage in terms of diversity of natural resources. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the kelulut (stingless bee) industry was estimated to exceed RM60mil and expected to increase every year. “Therefore, the kelulut industry […]

More MOUs with private sector

BELADIN: The Sarawak government via its Agriculture Department is expected to sign more Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with the private sector to market Sarawak’s agricultural products globally. Assistant Agriculture Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Ismail added that so far, the department had signed MoUs with 15 leading companies. He said that the Sarikei and Betong […]