i'm really interested in doing agriculture biz..i wonder whether there's such a thing as agriculture trainee program? coz there's a lot of management trainee position for graduates, but nothing related to agriculture..learn&work and the same time get salary..kinda like trainee in MNCs...

No one mention anything about lemongrass (serai) in this thread. In my opinion, it's a good business. First of all, you can do it as a part time job. Moreover the return is quite high (Around RM8k-RM10k per acre) and it only takes 6-8 months to grow. There's a lot of blog/website discussing about the topic. I'm planning to do it myself and will integrate it with my gaharu trees

This post has been edited by amirbashah: Sep 25 2008, 02:09 PM

6-8 what? 6-8 months?

Yup, 6-8 months. My mistake

how long does it take to regrow? another 6-8 months?

Yup, you need at least 6 acres of land and you plant it in stages (so you can harvest it continuously every month). You first plant it on 1 acre and after 1 month you'll plant it on another acre so that you can harvest the lemon grass consistently every month.

This post has been edited by amirbashah: Sep 25 2008, 03:34 PM

or 1 acre divided into 6 lot

You'll get around RM1k-RM2k per month. Not bad

6 acre only earn 8-10k/month??that is profit or revenue?

You can earn RM8k-RM10k per acre. Not 6 acre. NET PROFIT.

Just pump in the pic here

I have around 2-3 acres of land for planting.
At the moment, we have planted some serai for insect prevention in the organic farm. There are 2 types, 1 is for consumption and the other is for fragance.

Which type has better market ?
How to market them ?

HI Friend,

you were saying you plant in organic farm, i just wonder what type of fertilizer and pesticides you using?

is it per month?

Fyi, normally we are looking at RM1k monthly for normal vege farming. More is of course possible, just that this is a figure for your reference to show that if your farming is efficient or not.

It is not for commercial at the moment, just as insect repellant.
The fertilizer used is organic compose by Shimamoto method.

I see. Seems that you still in trial stage. Am I right? Is the result from fertilizer and pesticide both positive? You got how many percent increase in production? How many percent reduced from being attacked by insect?

Hi guys, dont know where to post this. Im really sad now. Yesterday went for my 2nd interview for Palm Oil trader position in a EU company. I was one of the 2 finalist, but yesterday was nervous, i screw it really sad, im doing good in the 1st interview, now i dint get the job really sad.

This post has been edited by yehlai: Oct 30 2008, 04:37 PM

hi every1....jz wondering any1 using EM for their farm?

You want EM for what purpose? It is just basic cultivated bacteria, not that powerful actually