Putrajaya, Malaysia
April 25, 2005
Source:
Bernama via
Checkbiotech
The
Malaysian Agriculture Research and Development Institute
(MARDI) will initially provide 500 researchers and scientists
for agricultural biotechnology research, Agriculture and
Agro-Based Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said
Thursday.
He said the move was in line with
MARDI's human capital development and in realising the National
Biotechnology Policy.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, when unveiling
the National Biotechnology Policy Thursday, named MARDI and
Universiti Putra Malaysia as
the biotechnology centres of excellence in the agriculture
sector.
It was an honour for Mardi and the ministry would intensify
efforts to develop the agriculture sector, Muhyiddin told
reporters after the function.
Meanwhile, Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said
Melaka hoped to lead in the food, health and medical fields of
the biotechnology industry.
He said the state hoped to produce vaccine and antibiotics from
natural resources and a company, Syarikat Bioteknologi Melaka,
had been formed to encourage entrepreneurs to use biotechnology
in their business endeavours.
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