(From left) Yong having a chat with Nestl Paddy Club farmers Mat Yusof Abu Bakar, Rejab Lebai Lakin and Sabri Nayan, as well as Nestl Malaysia agricultural officer Chong Chin Yin during a visit to the club members in Kedah.
THE semi-aerobic cultivation is the way to go for some 300 padi farmers in Kedah and Perlis who are now harvesting yield above the national average and about three folds more than before.
Their yield is an average of eight tonnes per hectare compared to the conventional method where the national average yield is about 3.9 tonnes per hectare.
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