Technology and innovation will attract local workers

Prof Mahendhiran: ‘We need a holistic approach to look at the full value chain in talent development for this sector.’

TECHNOLOGY will play a key role in making the agriculture and plantation sector more attractive for locals.

Prof Mahendhiran Sanggaran Nair from Monash University Malaysia’s Econometrics & Business Statistics department believes that local school-leavers and graduates would be willing to take up the jobs in agriculture and plantation, a key sector for the Malaysian economy, if they can be transformed into high-tech, innovation-driven and high income sectors.