Farms and agriculture in Cameron Highlands

Fama To Build RM10 Mln Collection And Distribution Centre

CAMERON HIGHLANDS, Sept 8 (Bernama) -- The Federal Agriculture Marketing Authority (Fama) is setting up a collection and distribution centre for agricultural produce to help farmers maintain the quality of their products.

Its chairman, Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri, said the centre would also serve as a training centre to prepare farmers in facing the global challenges in the agriculture sector.

He said the collection and distribution centre, costing RM10 million, would be built on a two-hectare site in Sungai Burung here.

"The free trade agreement with Thailand and Indonesia will bring huge challenges and competition in the distribution of agricultural produce, especially for local produce," he added after a dialogue with farmers' associations here.

He said the proposed centre would also serve as a centre for packaging and grading of the farmers' agricultural produce.

"Most of the farmers here use rattan baskets to carry their agricultural produce and this damages the vegetables, while they also do not have facilities to grade and pack their produce," he said, adding that this resulted in the vegetables not meeting the wholesalers' standards, causing the goods to be sold at lower prices. -- BERNAMA

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