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SOCIOECONOMIC and quality-of-life issues are priorities among Malaysians for the unity government to address, according to a recent survey titled 100 Days of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s Administration as Prime Minister.

ARABLE land is defined by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) as land currently used, or potentially capable of being used, to grow seasonal crops.  This definition excludes land used for pasturing, for tree-farming (or “silviculture”), or for more durable agricultural products such as vineyards, orchards, and coffee and rubber plantations.  In turn, non-arable land can sometimes be made arable, for example by removing forests or tilling pasture land....

From Dr Rais Hussin.

By the second quarter of 2021, Bioeconomy Corp awarded the BioNexus Status to 250 companies which contributed to Malaysia’s economy by $963.5 million (RM4 billion) in cumulative realised investments and $289 million (RM1.2 billion) in revenue.

Malaysia is strategically positioned to make the country a much-sought-after hub of Bioeconomy. In 2020, it completed the final phase of the National Biotechnology Policy (NBP), and is betting on its bioeconomy sector to drive a robust economic recovery through programmes and initiatives of Bioeconomy Corporation. As a regional leader in this sector, being the second country in Asia and the first country in South East Asia to announce a national bioeconomy initiative, Malaysia has already set th...