Infrastructure is key to agriculture, says professor

KUALA LUMPUR: The provision of basic infrastructure, especially water supply and roads, by the government can help increase productivity and optimise the use of idle or underutilised agricultural land, says a Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) lecturer.

Prof Dr Norsida Man, from its Faculty of Agriculture, said that one of the reasons agricultural land remains unused by its owners is the lack of infrastructure such as water supply.