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Farming 101: Precision & Smart Farming – Part 3: Lessons from Malaysia

Agriculture Farming Statistics Graph

When one is looking at farming land in the country, there is a substantial increase in agricultural land in Malaysia since the 1960s. In 2018, the farmland area for Malaysia was 85,710 sq. km. The farmland area of Malaysia increased from 37,559 sq. km in 1969 to 85,710 sq. km in 2018 growing at an average annual rate of 1.72%. Data & chart source: World Bank

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Tags: Agriculture, Cameron Highlands, Environment, Farming, Food, Government, MARDI, Nature, Smart Farming, Statistics, Technology, Vegetables, Video

Environment 101: Clueless Kelantan PAS & Humourless Water Resource Management

Water Treatment Nature Kelantan

The State of Kelantan seems to be having a huge problem converting raw river water into clean drinking water to end consumers that meet international standards. However, this is not a question of luxury but a necessity given the demands of the growing population. It is a basic need of everyone. This is why it is very important to plan & manage these natural resources well.

Image source: Ahmed, Minhaz & Mokhtar, Mazlin & Alam, Lubna & Mohamed, Che Abd Rahim & Choo Ta, Goh. (2019). Non-carcinogenic Health Risk Assessment of Aluminium Ingestion Via Drinking Water in Malaysia. Exposure and Health. 11. 10.1007/s12403-019-00297-w.

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Tags: Drinking, Drinking water, Environment, Flood, Health, Kelantan, Kelantan PAS, Nature, PAS, Pollution, Quality, Rainwater Harvesting, Rivers, Water Disruption, Water Filter, Water Pollution, Water treatment

National Security 2020: Part 2 – Treat Water Pollution as Terrorist Attack!!

water river pollution disruption national nature Malaysia

A year ago when we were facing water disruptions due to pollutions, I wrote that we need to treat water pollution as a terrorist attack. Think about it – there is no difference between water polluter pollutes the river that disrupts water supply to millions of household and terrorists who poison the rivers to endanger innocent lives. Photo by Lum3n from Pexels

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Tags: Criminal Law, Drinking water, Infographics, National Security, Nature, Selangor, Terrorism, Water Disruption

Zen Mode 101: Sound of Rain And Thunder

rain

It was a well-known fact that music improves productivity and in particular at for me, the sound of heavy rain and distance thunder.

Whenever I am going to work on some deep, complex issues that need me to check sheets over sheets of spreadsheets and need to add formulas all of the place, I will put on the headphones and put my favourite collection of music so that I can focus.

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Tags: Mental Health, Mind, Music, Nature, Playlist, Rain, Stress, Thunder, Zen State of Mind

Devastating Chennai Floods 2015 & Art of Prepping

prepping chennai flood water ration

Let’s talk about prepping which is another key aspect of this blog (the other is how Malaysians drive on the road and of course politics) and on the recent disaster in Chennai, India. Image source: www.newindianexpress.com

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Tags: 2015, Bug-out bag, Chennai, Flood, Internet, Nature, News, People, Prepping, Weather