National Seed Council Forms Advisory Board, Pushes For Seed Self-Sufficiency
In a Facebook post, Mohamad said other important decisions from the meeting included mandating the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) as the lead agency for the National Seed Hub; efforts to develop pure lines of local broiler and layer chickens and the commercialisation of the 'Ayam Saga' breed.
The meeting also discussed the Mafriwal 2.0 dairy cattle breed recovery programme and freshwater prawn seed production under the Nucleus Breeding Centre (NBC) and Shrimp Broodstock Multiplication Centre (BMC).
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