Hi guys,
This is my first post and I just want to say hi & thanks to all the follow seniors/sifus whom made this thread a treasure trove of information relating to agriculture. Similar to other guys, I’m very keen to get into agriculture/(or even aquaculture) following the hype that it is the new frontier and given my disillusionment with Malaysia’s manufacturing industry which has been in decline for a long while now, no thanks in large part due to the govment’s ineptitude.

I have a background in accounting and safe to say have absolutely no technical/working experiences in this field and definitely don’t know where to start. What I do have is some land (around Klang Selangor area, free from emcumbrances, undulating slope – currently with very old palm oil). So a call out to anyone who’s interested to kickstart & venture into this together i.e. xeroxphan.

The above aside, taking into the advice of MrFarmer and Michael J, definitely makes sense to do some serious learning first. I’m checking out the DoA courses to enrol. Just interested, how did you guys begin what you were doing, mind sharing?

Hi guys,

Anyone came across or even thought of a commercial composting business model using municipal waste in Malaysia? I know it’s periphery to this agriculture thread but just thought there might be an opportunity here somewhere.

On the supply side, plenty of free/near free raw materials (60% of our 7000+ tons of waste everyday in Selangor is food waste), dry grass clippings from city councils and on the demand side, final compost to use as input into fertilizer, agriculture and landscaping industries.

It’s a low tech business (aerated, windrow) and with low capital startup (no fancy machineries, just manual labour and maybe the initial sorting process).

Tried looking it up online and don’t think there’s any running private or GLCs in a big scale in Malaysia now whereas it’s widespread in western countries. Looking at it from a business and environment perspective a no brainer really, turning trash into value added final product.

Might be thinking too simplistic here, anyone can to share some insights?