KAGOSHIMA (Japan), July 2 (Bernama) -- The Northern Corridor
Implementation Authority (NCIA) plans to establish 100 entrepreneurs in
the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) who would be trained as
high technology agropreneurs to produce agriculture products of high
value and yield.
Source From (Bernama): http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsbusiness.php?id=677521
Published: on 03 July 2012
Its Chief Executive, Datuk Redza Rafiq said the plan will be jointly
carried out by local company, JPB Asia Pasifik Sdn Bhd (JPB), and its
partner, MRT Japan Co Ltd (MRT), which is a supplier of vegetables and
fruits to Japan, Singapore, Thailand, China and the United States.
Both JPB and MRT will be investing about RM105 million towards the
purpose, he told journalists covering the signing ceremony here today
between JPB and MRT.
Redza said RM35 million has already been spent todate to take care of the various set ups needed in the initial stage.
He said JPB will select the potential entrepreneurs who would be
trained to cultivate various farm produce liked by the Japanese people
such as rock melon, chilli, salad, snappy peas and Japanese cucumber in
six greenhouses located namely in Ara Kuda, Georgetown and another six
more in Kuala Nerang, Kedah.
French technology will be used to build the greenhouses but Japanese
technology, to be supplied by MRT, will be adopted for the farming and
agriculture activities.
MRT will supply various agriculture input such as seedlings and
fertilizers while JPB will set up 100 closed greenhouses equipped with
fertigation systems.
Redza said 30 per cent of the produce from the entrepreneurs will be
marketed locally and the rest to the Japanese markets including in Japan
and other countries with high Japanese population such as Thailand,
Singapore, China and Hong Kong.
Kagoshima is situated at the southern most prefecture in Honshyu region. It is about 3,200 km to the south from Tokyo by land.
At the signing ceremony here this evening, JPB was represented by its
Managing Director Haji Mazri Mansor whike MRT was repsented by its
President Shiro Komura.
Apart from Redza, Japan's Congressman from Kagoshima, Hitroshi Moriyama, witnessed the signing.
--BERNAMA
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