TAPAH: Perak became the first state in Malaysia to successfully harvest around 2.3 tonnes of BW1 type local onions at a 0.6ha site under the Onion Cultivation Development Project in Kampung Ladang Bikam.
Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup said the project, in cooperation with the state Agriculture Department, was carried out in three phases at a 1ha farm, targeting the production of around four tonnes per hectare.
