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UMAGA

Activities 2015

By: Ramasamy A/L Suppiah, Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Alumni 1973)

he University of Malaya Agricultural 5. To be interested and to be actively involved
Graduates’ Alumni (UMAGA) was in issues that are importantly related to the
Tregistered with ROS in 1965 and its socio-economic aspects and problems of
members are all Agricultural Science graduates agriculture and agricultural development of
from this University. Since its inception in the country,
1960, the Faculty of Agriculture has produced 6. To diffuse informed opinion on aspects of
more than 700 such graduates until it was agriculture and agricultural development
closed in 1976. Today a majority of members through publications, seminars and the like.
have retired. However some are still in
active service, holding respectable positions One of the objectives of UMAGA is to keep
locally and abroad whilst some have become this camaraderie going and for this, various
prominent personalities. Presently, UMAGA activities are organized from time to time.
has 348 Life Members. The objectives of
UMAGA are:
1. To strive and give due importance and Field trips
status to agriculture as a profession in This year we organized some feld trips to
the country’s agricultural and economic places of agricultural interest.
development;
2. To act as a body by which and through A visit to Titi-Eco Organic Farm in Jelebu,
which graduates of the Faculty of Negeri Sembilan was made where members got
Agriculture, University of Malaya can forge to see many plants, all grown organically and
and establish social contact and a sense of learnt of their usefulness in preventing as well
brotherhood with each other; as curing common ailments.
3. To offcially represent graduates of the
1. Titi-Eco Farm Faculty of Agriculture, University of Malaya During the visit to the Singapore Botanic
visit – Mr. Lim
briefng the in matters related to their interest as Garden, the group was briefed by the Director,
group graduates of Agriculture; Dr. Nigel Taylor. He explained the origin and
2. Tissue culture at
the Singapore 4. To work and to coordinate efforts closely establishment of some economic crops like
Botanic Garden with agriculturally biased agencies in the nutmeg, rubber and oil palm. The group also
3. At the Engkee pursuit of the betterment of agriculture and
Pineapple visited the Sky Green Vertical Farm where
Farm, Banting agricultural development in the country; vegetables are planted in soil flled in boxes

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