King officiates Ala Sekinchan Smart SBB Programme in Pekan

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Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah officiated the Ala Sekinchan Large-Scale Smart Paddy Field (SMART SBB) Programme at the Permatang Durian Water User Group, Merchong Scheme in Pekan, Pahang on Monday (Jan 22).  Read more at https://shorturl.at/lGPU7  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Young Dipertuan Agong Al Sultan Abdullah Riayatuddin Al Mustafa Billah Shah officiated

00:09 the Ala Serkencan Large-Scale Smart Paddy Field Program in Perkarn on Monday.

00:15 The king observed the paddy cultivation technique under the program and operated a transplanter

00:20 machine.

00:21 Launched in May last year, the program implements high-yield agricultural practices using the

00:25 "Knowledge, Attitude and Practice" approach.

00:28 "In Bahang, especially the Smart SBB program has been launched in the off-season of 2022

00:37 in the joint agricultural development area of Aida, Rompin and Aida Pekan with the strategic

00:44 cooperation of the public and private sectors, namely the National Rice Paddy Corporation.

00:51 The results recorded through this program are 83% increase, from 2.26 metric tons to

01:02 4.15 metric tons per hectare.

01:07 In the face of the challenge, the KPKM has made new changes in line with technological

01:14 innovation by introducing a new model under the Smart SBB program, namely by bringing

01:21 paddy cultivation success in the Serkencan area of Selangor to be applied in other paddy

01:27 areas.

01:28 The average yield is 6 metric tons per hectare.

01:34 The program also aims to increase productivity

01:56 and the farmers' income.

01:58 In Parhung, the new farming model will cover an area of 4,134 hectares involving some 1,716

02:07 farmers.

02:09 for the next year.

02:10 Thank you.

02:10 [END]

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