Khazanah Nasional Bhd's wholly-owned subsidiary Malaysian Agrifood Corporation Bhd (MAFC) is set to make a significant impact on the papaya production in the country.
It expects to complete its new collection, processing and packaging centre for papaya in Lanchang, Pahang in April this year.
Its chief executive officer Azizi Meor Ngah said the new centre will have a capacity of sorting, grading and packaging 80 tonnes papaya per day.
He said the company invested RM16 million to set up the centre.
"The construction of the new centre has started and it is expected to complete by April this year," he told Bernama on the sidelines of the launching of Permanent Food Production Park and Modern Agriculture Park in Lanchang, Pahang on Tuesday.
Currently, the company exports about one metric tonne of papayas to United Kingdom every week.
It also exports the fruits to Singapore.
Azizi said MAFC was also planning to export papayas to the Middle East and China.
MAFC was established in 2006 with the specific aim of restructuring Malaysia's agrifood production and distribution system through an integrated value adding management that gives priority to global standards of food safety, quality and sustainability.
In 2007, the company, which is the anchor tenant in Lanchang Permanent Food Production Park, set up a seed garden and a 20 hectare model farm at the park to grow the unique papaya variety called frangi hybrid.
The model farm has been producing two tonnes of papaya daily. It also serves as a model farm to campaign and woo contract farmers, and at the same time provide training in growing the frangi papaya under good agricultural practices.
Source: bernama.com
Publication date: 1/15/2009
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