Malaysia Ponders on Alternative Animal Feedstuff

Assessing the possibility of corn cultivation and carrying out extensive research and development work on palm kernel cake as alternative animal feedstuff are possible recommendations that will be made to the Malaysian government. This was raised during a workshop on “Animal feedstuffs in Malaysia: Exploring alternative strategies” organized by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM), Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), University Putra Malaysia (UPM), and Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (MABIC) as part of an initiative under the ASM Biotechnology and Agriculture Task Force.

The workshop was organized to discuss and identify options of reducing the cost of imports of animal feedstuffs; explore the possibilities of increasing locally available feed resources; identify relevant research opportunities towards reducing the costs of production and import of feedstuffs; identify the constraints in the feed milling industry; and recommend policy options related to the production and use of feedstuffs.

The deliberations made during this workshop will be collated and an advisory report will be sent to the government for its consideration in policy development.

For more information contact Mahaletchumy Arujanan at maha@bic.org.my.