is this executive diploma programme still on?

what has happened to this agrobussiness ? If possible, please update us the necessary information.

thanks!

jz wanna know.. what is the market right now comparing between rear fish for consumption ... and BREED ornamental fish??...

which 1 brings in faster income and also higher profit?...

and to compare, which 1 takes less time to get the end result??

pls advice.. thanks..

Hey Rexis, Para. Long time no see lar.. How are you guys? I trust your agribusinesses have soared.

Just to update you guys, I'm no longer working as a plant scientist for the plantation business. Instead, I've hung up my labcoat and I'm now working for the government to further develop the biotech industry.

Maybe I could answer happy_gal on the question asked:
Don't take this the wrong way, but I see that your aptitude for business is still green. Any business will take time to mature, and of all businesses, agriculture takes the longest. Compare apple to apple lar... Not those who cheat people to part with their money sort...

Para, correct me if I'm wrong on this. The average ROI for an established ornamental/commercial fish farm is between 15% to 25%; exceptional ones can and do make above 30%, but that's only when demand for specific fish breeds are high, like grouper or snapper. In terms of time to get end result, well that really depends; poorly planned and executed, business can fold within a month or less, but I don't think that's the result you are looking for. Adequately planned, it can take 2-3 years before the business gets sure footing, and begins generating real profits.

Correct me if I'm wrong, happy_gal, but I'm guessing when you refer to ornamental fish, you are refering to breeding arowanas, right? A real hot item these days, but entirely unsustainable. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about breeding and conserving the fish; I just can't justify 250,000 fishes selling at an average of RM3,000 (or RM750million sales) a year having a sustainable pool of buyers. I just hope that the arowana does not end up like the Flowerhorn.

hi.
i'm an IT student in one of local university. this is my last semester of my study.
after finish my degree, i want to go into agriculture and aquaculture.

my plan is to do aquaculture first because my family already have a pond at my hometown. im from sarawak.
for the start, i want to start with raising tilapia fish.

really need a guide on how to start. what should i do first?

this is the layout of the land in sarawak. the land is 5 ekar. the one i mark with red is the pond.
the size of the pond is around 25000 sq feet.
last year we already try to put 1000 tilapia to test. and after 6 month, the average of the fish is 750g ~ 1kg.

please advice.

ai.. can die very fast ar... yeah he mentioned before.. thats why i owiz wonder if really like what he say can make big bucks then why are ppl not doing it..

man, money is a real constraint u know.. he oni have that amount of money.. 50k.. and if really the fish die, money flies away i also dunno how to get married d.. every dream that we have is on this..

bt then currently there is NOBODY who succeded in rearing soon hock fish in ponds ar?.. was told that soon hock is river fish.. nobody?? not 1??...

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Added on February 13, 2011, 11:50 amparaoptical.. u've been thru it meaning u also tried to rear that soon hock ar?.. how did it come up??... u made it?.. how long u take to realize that u wont be making it big by rearing soon hock ??

hmm.. he never tell me exactly what is his plan or action item.. jz told me that he want to breed this fish lor..

last sat we went over to talk to a fish farmer who is also a breeder.. he also said that breeding soon hock is really diff.. he's in the breeding industry for 20yrs liao and he took 3 years to breed.. can breed and some of it was successful bt the death rate is freaking high and it cant grow big..

like he mentioned those fish grow very slowly.. those mosquito larvae, water insects which got in can easily grow faster and bigger and in the end the soon hock fries become their food o.. i also told him eh u serious bout this ar? so many ppl already mentioned that its so diff... why cant u start with something more simpler like tilapia??

get the money turning d then oni go and do ur research and breeding on this soon hock lah.. he damn stubborn still say wan to do it.. walao.. and then so stubborn dun wan ppl to guide him..

what happens when the fish like to hide??

It's surprised to know that, agriculture can make money. I am currently studying agribusiness. So i guess i should just cancel the idea of course switching.

any idea how 2 apply to bcome peneroka felda?

No not yet. I did lots of research since last year, went to attend some talks, did some simple testing, and am still trying to built a flow through worm bin. I already have some idea on how to go about it, but unfortunately the welding set broke down. Hence I shall have to push it till the end of the year, also I am working on trying some F1 Thailand Sweet Corn. What I'm trying to do now is to leave these worm on their natural habitat, grow them and try to propagate the super sized ones    The super sized is about 10 ~15 mm in diameter.
Let's see if I can manage to post a pic, me am not  good in IT.

Am trying to feed them with waste material, contributing to recycling and also save on cost.

It's complicated, I do not "own" this farm, this particular piece of land is rented from the land owner by us and i refer this land as Parcel 5.


If anyone has any new/funny idea to test out on agriculture, I can help, of course I'll still need to slot it into our schedule and if we have the required facilities.

Help needed, any1 has experience in dealing with ants problem, simple/low cost? Would like to manage/reduce the ant population. There are all types of ants here, fire ants, red ants, black ants, termites & etc. It can be organic/ non-organic or whatever, (try to be environmental friendly)

may i know what topics will you discuss on during the meeting? is it ok for me to join if i don't have much to share? because i dont think i have much experience...i guess i'd be asking questions most of the time

Care to elaborate on your specimen A, B & C? Thanks