MAHA - Was it a success

I am not really enthuasist in agruculture but I dont reject the idea of being agripreneur someday, hopefully in the near future. I have heard numbers of stories from friends or acquaintance who have run the chicken farming and cow farming and generally said that the business is good, infact better than blue collar workers.

I can't deny that. Anything on this beautiful earth with massive will, will return with good result and often better. I have a chance chatted with one graduate farmer who plants melons and chillis using smart planting, a method that is almost similar to Iris's Smart Pot. According to him he was lucky that all his brother loaned him some money to start with the project. He went for a course conducted by Agriculture department to start the project. Everything went smooth untill the day he want to start the project. Even Bank Pertanian could not support his project for reason his project is a new technology and has not proven yet. Apara laaaaaaaaa ......... What the heck ........... how we can inculcate modern farming if the bank officer would not dare to support new modern technique. Hampeh betullllllllll. Melayu nak tolong Melayu pun tak bolehhhhhhhhh

Challenges and obstacles always in our path and I am glad that he endured all that and today he has succeeded. Now the question, the event, MAHA, was it a success?. If the ministry measure with the collection made during the exposition and the numbers of visitors of course its a success. However I think that the ministry should view from different angle to say if the event was a success. From now on ward, in addition to the revenue collected on the days of event and numbers of visitor, I want to see the numbers of modern farming increase to, say 100 farmers per year ....................... Malay farmers especially, and sales of local farmers from modern farming minimum at RM 300M a year. The sale from downstream activities increase to RM 200M a year. And as a proof, I want to listen to testimony of at least 50 successfull modern farmers in the next event. Then I call it a success.

Is it to much to ask for from the Ministry. If the problem comes from the bank, increase the fund made thru MARA. Moreover MARA is a unit for Bumiputra and they must help the bumiputra. Kalau nak harapkan bank, tokey mata sepet, big officers also mata sepet. I dont think they will give bumiputra grant to pursue any modern farming technique.

So do you think MAHA is success? At this moment I DARE SAY ITS NOT ENTIRELY SUCCESS. I challenge the ministry to prove that my opinion is wrong.