KOTABELUD: A group of 40 farmers in Kampung Jawi-Jawi here welcomed the end of 2022 with a smile when their rice harvest increased by more than 60 per cent.
The farmers under the Bernas Large-Scale Smart Paddy programme reached their target when their rice harvest for the first season in Block 3 and 4, Kampung Jawi-Jawi recorded an increase from 2.60 metric tonnes to 4.15 metric tonnes per hectare. The Smart SBB programme for the area’s first season of 2022 started on May 12, 2022, which is the result of Bernas’ joint venture with the Sabah Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
One young participant, Hisham Stu, who worked in rice fields for the first time, was very satisfied with the returns he received. “Before this, I got a net return from the rice field harvest of around RM2,000 per season. Alhamdulillah, after participating in Smart SBB it increased to RM6,000. “In addition, the work that used to be heavy and dangerous has now become easier, planned and safer with technology such as drones for fertilising and poisoning weeds.
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