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Sustainable Living Institute's first posting was on May 22, 2009 about SAVE itself. We had more than 175,500 pageviews on 1136 posts published. Thank you. The top post is on 'Tunku's legacies for the rakyat' with 2449 viewers.
Blogging is a self-learning process getting to know better into various topics - historical, cultural and such.
Blogging is a self-learning process getting to know better into various topics - historical, cultural and such.
Najib the real enemy not I.S. 251 11.19.15
Mat Kilau sumpah Najib 201 5.12.15
Man of the Archipelago - Temenggong Jugah 254 5.4.15
Brunei - the last Malay kingdom 379 3.21.15
Warrior of the Archipelago - Hang Tuah 583 1.9.15
Indonesia - a tribute 200 1.8.15
Pleasures of the Ottomans 248 10.6.14
Bloody rebellion in Mecca, 1979 220 9.7.14
Who cares Mahathir, I am PM 230 8.18.14
Apple growing in Cameron Highlands 450 6.12.14
Datuk Harun Idris, May 13th hero 260 6.7.14
Slavery: trade and prejudice 257 5.18.14
Of bastinado and forced circumcision 328 5.17.14
Of lost heads, Sea Dyak days 238 5.4.14
Pantun gila bayang 226 3.7.14
Analysing Najib when young 297 12.22.13
Tun Hussein Onn 263 11.16.13
What Shafie Apdal should know about Orang Asli 775 11.12.13
Mohammad Ali, the greatest was here 220 11.3.13
Karachi, big brother to Nusantra 231 7.6.13
What a woodstock it was! 556 6.28.13
Of koceks and sexual life of Ottomans 278 6.17.13
After belly dancing, time for Hodja 564
Forerunner to DAP, traitor to Malays 243
Ceylon Malays and Orang Rejimen 291 9.29.13
Ungku Aziz - the man that time forgot 263 1.13.13
Sago grubs - eat them raw 268 12.16.12
Patriot Agung - TS Yuen Yuet Leng 282
Korintji and Batak lands, 1930 310 11.17.12
Inside Turkish delights - the harem 379 9.1.12
Thanks but no thanks to Hitler 274 8.26.12
Tribute to rice - will the nation rise? 222 8.16.12
Zanzibar - the Sultan had 90 wives 635 8.7.12
Mini minis 368 8.5.12
The fascinating world of Monte Zain 365 7.30.12
Babi!! Cemas baham tahi tikus 249 7.6.12
Memali messacre: Whose hands are bloodied? 280 6.11.12
Intermission: Not Anwar's kote mamak 203 5.22.12
Peluru Tuk Janggut ratah Sgt. Hassan 652 5.14.12
Smoked heads and Illanuns, Sarawak without Brookes: Part 1 403 4.13.12
Talib Harimau, my Pak Itam: Part 1 637 3.22.12
Ku bersua Za'aba di Perpustakaan Negara 332 3.7.12
The bait taken, let's nuke them 247 2.20.12
To know the Malays go see Winsted 284 2.4.12
Enter the slayer of the Malay dragon 471 1.27.12
Cooling it off at Cameron Highlands 436 1.19.12
Prophet Muhammad saw in Hindu scriptures 951 1.2.12
Dreams unfinished - Venice, klongs and inland waterways 353 12.28.11
Dr Ang Swee Chai - jihad for Palestinians 262 11.27.11
Emas ku cari pasir ku dapat 766 11.20.11
Is Noh Omar brave enough? 222 11.17.11
OWC and Kama Sutra 875 11.13.11
Tentera menentang Ganyang 318 11.5.11
Ganyang Malaysia 687 11.1.11
Malays of Cocos (Keeling) Islands 666 10.19.11
So you want to be in the clouds of C. Highlands 228 10.13.11
Bila Felda nak robohkan ini? 266
Ode to rubber tappers 462 10.3.11
Mother of all bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 386 9.19.11
Mother of all bombs, the making 827 9.16.11
Following Najib: Vatican 274 9.8.11
Onset of Malay kingdom 298 9.2.11
Keamanan: Menangani demo-rusuhan 249 8.24.11
Tronoh panas masa darurat 326 8.19.11
From hell through hell to Pulau Bidong 733 7.25.11
Ku tempayankan dia 532
Tunku's legacies for the rakyat 2449 7.8.11
Our rice equation, into Malthusian nightmare 334 7.5.11
Nusantara - in the days naked 277 6.26.11
Plight of the jungle dwellers 269 6.24.11
Muslim blood of Srebrenica: justice is not done yet 2221 5.29.11
Nusantara disalibkan 1105 5.7.11
The rape of Teluk Rubiah? 202
Tempoe doeloe Nasionalisma menggugat 376 4.26.11
Nak ku kenal Nusantara 430 4.23.11
Padang jarak padang terkukur 1598 4.8.11
Memorandum to the Minister concerning rice 676 9.23.09
Musonnef's problem with Bernas is his personal matter and so is his bankruptcy. In my opinion, being a concerned party he is at liberty to be with or even lead the Padi Rescue. We are talking about food on the table not only for now but future generations.
Strange that just because Bernas is established LPN cannot go on functioning. The two organisations can work and complement each other. Bernas' s scope is quite limited whereas that of LPN is extensive though not comprehensive.
Padi and rice production involves a myriad of activities to include soil and water management, improved seeds, field management, disease and pest problem, harvesting, milling, storage, quality control, marketing to list some.
When Muhyidin was the Minister of Agriculture then, Sustainable Living Institute submitted a memorandum to establish a Padi Board to include a Rice Research Institute in its ambit. Please refer our earlier posting in this blog on a copy of the memorandum to the Minister.
Although MARDI is doing rice research but lack the focus and funding because it involves with so many crops.
Malaysia has been talking towards self-sufficiency for many many years but lack the concrete policies and ideas how to spearhead to the goal. We merely pay lip service and has no political will power to accomplish it.
Take for example Japan, it is self-sufficient in rice. Their state of research is advanced. At one time they have more than 50 scientists working on the rice genome alone not to mention other aspects of rice research. In MARDI we have less than 20 researchers in rice! Its rice gene bank is under funded.