Has anyone started large scale organic farming in malaysia?

That's very informative. Thank you mr farmer. Because I recently acquired a plot of land. Around 100 acres and am deciding whether to go the usual route of oil palm or organic vegetables.

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Added on September 11, 2011, 11:56 pmYes I'm considering. I'm in Sarawak. Any suggestions?

This post has been edited by teteret: Sep 11 2011, 11:56 PM

What would you like to know about gaharu?

I do have gaharu trees. But what I can tell you is that planting gaharu is not as lucrative as many of us are led to believe. Wild agarwood is still better. I'm an agarwood wholesaler actually and I would welcome any buy/sell inquiries

u can try approaching a land owner, tell him that you will manage his land and you split the profits . Quite common practice for real estate development. im from miri btw. haha two sarawakians

Paraoptical, you doing crop rotation? Banana trees seem to do well in places with excessive water (from observation not sure if it's proven)

Pros of agarwood is of course potential for very high value wood. But no returns for at least 6 years. Inoculation may cost up to 1000 per tree.

Mr farmer, we use neither! agarwood is one of the only wood varieties which are commonly traded in kgs. End users, usually buy In grams. Kynam, the most valuable of agarwood which hails from Vietnam, goes for as much as USD$1000 per GRAM. But that's for natural not inoculated so I can't tell you much abt inoculated variety.

Depends mr farmer. I've paid as low as 100 per kg to as high as 100k per kilo. But I see no harm in planting your trees bro low maintenance cost.

The soil looks rather barren

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Added on October 7, 2011, 10:01 pm
Just planted about 30 plant-lets. Hope they all grow well. See you in six year's time.

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Haha bro you should plant more than 30. Btw which species did u plant? While not native to Malaysia i believe u can get Crassna variety from sellers. The trees will be ready for inoculation in 2-3 years. But i recommend that u wait a further 2 to 3 years after inoculation before harvesting to get better results.

Yo mr farmer, im dont know for sure but all have similar value considring they are plantation. Let me know your progress

becasue apparently gaharu doesnt do well with fertiliziers!

Mr farmer, you can experiment with the choice of fertilizers. Agarwood trees are fast growing trees.