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BERNAS empowers rice farmers through digital technology

From Utusan Malaysia · () Malay

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  • A soil scanner used by BERNAS can provide analysis results in about five minutes, replacing a process that previously took two weeks to 30 days.
  • The technology is intended to help rice farmers make more accurate decisions before beginning cultivation.

Rice farmers can now receive soil-analysis results in about five minutes through a soil-scanning technology used by BERNAS, sharply reducing a wait that previously lasted from two weeks to 30 days.

The faster results are designed to help farmers make more accurate decisions before starting the planting process.

Dr. Nur Firdaus Mohamed Yusof, head of the Agronomy Unit at Padiberas Nasional Berhad’s plantation division, identified the AgroCares Soil Scanner as one of the technologies involved.

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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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