Lingering Greens

Last Saturday, HRH Raja Perempuan Kelantan sent her adopted children from the Sekolah Sri Harapan of Pengkalan Chepa to visit the Gaharu’s site near Dewan Beta, Kelantan. To be precise, Gaharu is actually the name of the product that produced by the Depu Tree or some would prefer to call it Karas Tree. Gaharu can be make into 59 products to date which includes the most popular used as perfume, air freshener, beads, soap, shampoo, spa massage’s oil and artifacts. According to local scientist and researcher, Dr Rasol Awang of Malaysian Nuclear Agency (MINT), currently the world production of Gaharu can only cater to 20% of the worldwide market.

Creating awareness for the youngs

The Tuanku’s adopted children visited the area where Agarwood Industry (Kelantan) Sdn Bhd has used as test site where the Depu trees were being inoculated to produce the Gaharu.

Inoculating Process

Teaching the young

The visit was coordinated by representatives of The Forestry Department and Mr. Wan Omar from Menteri Besar Corporation. For more details of the Gaharu, readers can get in touch with the Secretariat of “Skim Galakan Tanaman Pokok Karas Di Negeri Kelantan” at,

Perbadanan Menteri Besar Kelantan

Tingkat 6 Bangunan PMBK

Jalan Kuala Krai

15150 Kota Bharu

Kelantan Darul Naim

Telephone: +609 747 4082

Fax: +609 747 7815

(Attention Mr Wan Omar)

Professional at work

Alternatively if you have the land and wish to grow your own Depu’s plantation, you can get in touch directly with Agarwood Industry (Kelantan) Sdn Bhd to get the technical advice and to buy the young trees. Agarwood’s contact person, Tuan Haji Zaidi can be contacted at,

Agarwood Industry (Kelantan) Sdn Bhd

Lot 1481, KM12 Kg Salor

15100 Kota Bharu

Kelantan

Telephone: +609 701 1578

Fax: +609 701 1579

Email: agarwood@streamyx.com, agarwoodkelantan@gmail.com

Both PMBK and Agarwood Industry (Kelantan) Sdn Bhd will surely welcome investors to help to develop this lingering project.

Dr Pheraphan’s work of art

The wild Depu’s trees grew largely in the jungles. The most interesting facts that I found was that, mostly up to today, the Depu’s tree that Agarwood Industry identified, belongs to the poor people. It is simply because when the rich cleared their piece of land, they can afford to cut down the once non-valuable tree. However, the trees are so thick and tall; it will cost the poor a fortune to cut it down.

Today, Agarwood Industry has taken over the management of the wild tree from the poor by paying some sum of money. The revenue that Agarwood makes from the tree is going to be shared with the owner of the land.

Agarwood Industry (Kelantan) Sdn Bhd ready to serve you

You can grow up to 400 trees in every acre of land. After five years we can start the inoculating process of the tree, and beginning from that you can start to harvest the tree for every tree months until it die a natural death and created the core inside it. The core is known to be very expensive and can be priced from few hundred ringgit to tens of thousands per kilogramme.

Dr Pheraphan checking the oil extraction process

In Thailand, planters sell one living tree from few thousand ringgit to up to ten thousand ringgit.

I guess it is time to turn green.

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The Kelantan Corridor

The Green Corridor

The last two weeks were the busiest weeks for most people within the Kelantan Civil Service and within the political circles. Almost every day there are functions that involved the Palace. Both the HRH the King and HRH the Queen are very supportive and being busy meeting the subjects in states functions.

Before The Prime Minister Abdullah Haji Ahmad (Badawi wasn’t in his Birth Certificate), arrives for the scheduled launching of The Eastern Corridor after Raya, Kelantan already has surplus of economic corridors which are more practical, sustainable, people friendly and nature friendly which most important, actually benefit the people and not crony-friendly and son-in-law friendly only.

Above all, the Kelantan Economic Corridor are Palace Friendly, religions Friendly and discrimination-free.

Among the flagship under the Kelantan Economic Corridor were:

1. The Senior Citizen’s Corridor – which is Pelan Takaful Kifalah.
   

2. The Single Mother’s Corridor – which is the Armallah – where the state provides one-off donation and social-economic supports.
   

3. The Rempit’s Corridor – The state’s invest in a racing circuit in Tanah Merah for motorsports activities.
   

4. The Goat’s Corridor – Where the state provides the participant with 5 goats each and upon breeding, the goats will then collected by state to be given to next group of participants.
   

5. The Golden Corridor – where the state is planning an economic based on the Gold Dinar and Silver Dirham.
   

Those are among the example of the ‘corridor’ that has benefits the people of Kelantan. Although it is not the Billion Ringgit kind of Corridor but what most important is, it actually help generating the state’s economy and help the consumers to have the buying power.

Today, I have the opportunity to interview Dr. Pheeraphan Wijitphan an expert in Agar Wood and owner of Agar Wood Siam Co. Ltd.

Dr. Pheraphan is here on the invitation of Mr Zaidi of Agarwood Industry (Kelantan) Sdn Bhd, the company that plays an important role in developing the Gaharu industry in Kelantan. Dr. Pheeraphan is working hand in hand with Mr. Zaidi in developing the Gaharu economic which the wealth shall linger on Kelantanese just as the smell of Agar Wood itself.

Yesterday, HRH the Queen has given each Gaharu participants under The MB Corporation’s ‘Skim Galakan Tanaman Karas’ the ‘Pokok Depu or Karas’ as the marked of the beginning of the Gaharu revolution in Malaysia. One Depu tree is known to generate a minimum of RM120,000. Don’t ask me on the details, because I am still very confused about it. But just imagine the worth of 5 or 10 Depu Tree for each participant. After only 2 and a half to five years the participant can start to expect the revenue from each tree.

In The Kelantan Economic Corridor, the people are the cronies of the state government. We torture our cronies to work hard by giving them something worth to work for. We do not ask our cronies to flatten the earth but we forced them to make our world greener.

With that, we hope that when Annuar Musa become the next MB of Kelantan after BN recapture the state in next election, Annuar Musa can sleep his term to death as the PM is doing with his.

By the way, did I see Khairy Jamaluddin in Vietnam recently? Is BN planning to branch out in Vietnam with all the BN posters being printed there? I wonder.

I feel green!

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Jom Makan Buah-Buahan Tempatan & Naik Kuda + Tengok Kambing

Hanya dengan membayar RM2/head anda semua boleh memakan buah2 yang anda suka sampai kenyang dan puas!! Boleh ajak anak beranak pakat g beramai2... sambil2 tu boleh tengok pameran kambing, lembu, naik keldai, pameran ikan, wayang kulit versi moden dan banyak lagi....

Berminat? Jom pakat-pakat g
Hari Penternak, Peladang & Nelayan Negeri Kelantan 2007
Tarikh: 2 - 7 Ogos 2007
Bermula jam 10 pagi hingga 10mlm.

# Manfaatkan masa anda dengan keluarga sebaik mungkin #

p/s; waktu makan buah hanya dari jam 4.30pm-6.30pm shj--- sesuai untuk org yang berkerja waktu pejabat bawa family masing2

Kelantan Lancar Pusat Jualan Ternakan

Kelantan lancar pusat jualan ternakan

PASIR MAS, 27 Julai – Selepas berjaya melancarkan program penternakan kambing secara komersial jenis baka Jamnapari dan Boer, kini kerajaan negeri mewujudkan pula pusat jualan ternakan negeri. Pusat jualan tersebut terletak di kawasan tanah rezab haiwan di Kampung Repek dekat sini, diurus syarikat PK Ecoresort Sdn Bhd dengan pemantauan dan khidmat nasihat Jabatan Perkhidmatan Haiwan serta Fama. Perasmian pusat itu dilakukan Pengerusi Pertanian dan Industri Desa, Dr Nik Mazian Nik Mohamed semalam. Pada sebelah malamnya diadakan solat hajat di tapak pusat jualan tersebut. Dr Nik Mazian berkata, dengan adanya pusat jualan ternakan, kerja-kerja pemasaran akan menjadi lebih mudah memandangkan ia akan menjadi pusat tumpuan utama pembeli kambing jenis baka baik. Oleh itu beliau berharap penternak dan pengusaha yang ingin memasarkan kambing disaran memanfaatkan pusat tersebut. “Sebelum ini kerajaan negeri memperkenalkan program Jihad Ternak yang mana pusat penternakannya terletak di Rong Chenok dekat sini, bertujuan untuk mengembangkan baka kambing. “Dan pusat jualan pula diwujudkan sebagai salah satu tempat untuk peserta yang terbabit dengan program Jihad Ternak mendapat baka kambing yang terbaik,” ujarnya. Menurutnya pada masa akan datang Kelantan dijangka mampu mengeluarkan baka kambing jenis tempatan yang mungkin dikenali sebagai ‘kambing Kelantan’. Selain itu matlamat jangka panjang kerajaan negeri bagi menjadikan Kelantan sebagai ‘hub penternakan’. Jurucakap PK Ecoresort berkata, pihaknya terbabit dengan perniagaan ternakan sejak tahun 2000, melihat bidang tersebut mampu berkembang pesat pada masa akan datang. Turut hadir pada program itu Adun Kadok, Haji Mohd Shukri Abdul Rahman, Pengarah Jabatan Perkhidmatan Haiwan Kelantan, Dr Idris Kadir dan pegawai Kumpulan Pertanian Kelantan Berhad serta pengusaha-pengusaha ternakan kambing. - mj

Meriahnya Program-Program Pertanian di Kelantan

Bagi mencapai misi Kelantan Jelapang Makanan Negara 2015, Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan tekad mengatur pelbagai program bagi menjayakan matlamat ini.

Antara program yang terdekat yang akan dilaksanakan ialah:

Majlis Solat Hajat & Perlancaran Pusat Jualan Ternakan Negeri Kelantan
Anjuran: Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan
Dengan Kerjasama: Sektor Awam dan Swasta
Dirasmikan Oleh: YB Dr. Nik Mazian Nik Mohamed
Exco Pertanian & Indudtri Desa Negeri Kelantan
Tempat: Kg Repek, Pasir Mas, Kelantan

Solat Hajat
Tarikh: 25 Julai 2007
Masa: 8.30 malam

Majlis Perlancaran Pusat Jualan Ternakan Negeri Kelantan
Tarikh: 26 Julai 2007
Masa: 9.00 pagi
Aktiviti Menarik: Sila klik pada gambar untuk lebih jelas.


Hari Peladang, Penternak & Nelayan Negeri Kelantan 2007
Anjuran: Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan
Dengan Kerjasama: Sektor Awam dan Swasta
Dirasmikan Oleh: YAB Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
Menteri Besar Negeri Kelantan
Tempat: Padang Perdana & Dewan Jubli Perak Majlis Perbandaran
Kota Bharu Bandaraya Islam (MPKB-BRI)
Tarikh: 2 hingga 7 Ogos 2007
Masa: 10 pagi - 10 malam
Aktiviti Menarik: Sila klik pada gambar untuk lebih jelas.

SEMUA DIJEMPUT HADIR BERAMAI-RAMAI

Balik kampung....

Lama betul tidak update blog ni, sejak kebelakangan ni sibuk sikit dengan urusan kerja dan program kemasyarakatan.

Minggu lepas, sempat sy pulang ke kampung tenang rasanya melihat kehijauan pokok dan tanaman yang ditanam. Peluang keemasan untuk membantu ayah dan family menguruskan kebun kelapa sawit, getah, dokong dan tanaman buahan lain tidak dilepaskan.

Kebun getah milik family aku dikampung... kami mengupah pekerja untuk menoreh & kadang2 time2 free sempat jgk aku merasa peluang menoreh getah... huhu...dapatlah hilangkan stess keja kat office skt dan menyihatkan badan.

Ladang kelapa sawit yang ditanam sendiri olehku sewaktu masa mula2 blajar di UPM (2002)
.... 5 thn sudah berlalu...

Kini mengeluarkan hasil... gembirannya (sebahagian buah kelapa sawit yang dikutip sendiri oleh aku... best angkut buah kelapa sawit ni)... Baja Organik(najis kambing) digunakan oleh aku untuk membaiki struktur tanah dan membekalkan nutrien penting bagi tanaman.

Tanaman pokok salak sebagai memenuhkan bumi subur di Kg Petai Dusun

Pokok salak-ku kini membuahkan hasil (buahnya masih muda)

Alhamdulillah penat lelah kerja yang aku n family usahakan selama ni telah membuahkan hasil... maklumlah aku ni seorg yang cukup2 sibuk dengan aktiviti ngo's dan kemasyarakatan... sesekali dapat peluang, aku akan balik ke kg menguruskan ladang kami.... dapatlah juga income sampingan untuk family dan aku yang keja duk dipejabat je... taklah banyak tapi bolehlah skt2 untuk permulaan ni dalam RMxx,xxx+/month.... (gross income)

p/s; gambar kebun langsat dan dokong aku tidak sempat nak masukkan, nntilah ada peluang aku masukkan semula.

WAH!! leganya rasa....

Lama betul tidak update blog ni, leganya rasa bila dapat 'buka' balik blog usahawantani-kelantan.blogspot.com.

Masalah tidak dapat buka disebabkan berlakunya perubahan pada versi blog dan perubahan password yang tidak disengajakan.

Banyak cerita dan bahan2 menarik yang ingin dikongsi bersama.

Kepada semua pertani, penternak dan nelayan... teruskan usaha anda dan jangan mudah mengaku kalah.

Good Luck!!

Sham Ghaz