The Official Newsletter for the Faculty of Agro-Based Industry My Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ahmad Anwar Ismail Editor: Mohd Hafiz Jamaludin Technical: Nik Ahmad Fakruddi n Nik Zulkefli Mohd Salbaharin Ismail MyFI AT Facul ty of Agro Based I ndust ry Uni versi t i Mal aysi a Kel ant an, Jel i Campus Locked Bag 100 17600 Jel i Kel antan, MALAYSIA. Tel : 09 - 947 7021 Fax: 09 - 947 7022 websi te: www. f i at .umk.edu. my emai l : haf i z@umk.edu.my Page 4 4 3 3 2 1 1-2 P|AT Paya gatherlng Upcomlng events Learnlng and Teachlng Seed |nspectorate T r a l n l n g Programme INSIDE THIS ISSUE 8LPNAS on 8oard welcome to UMK Myanmar vlslt A four day UMk study visit to Myanmar was recenItIy beId from tbe 21st to 24tb of August 2013 to venture into possibIe cooperation between UMk and tbe IocaI reasearcb and Iearn- ing institution in Myan- mar. The delegatlon was led by Prof. Dr. Ahmad Anwar |small (Dean, Paculty of Agro-8ased |ndustry) and accompanled by Prof. Dr. Pazak wahab (Dean, Paculty of Larth Sclence), Prof. Dr. 1asnl Sabrl (Deputy Dean, Paculty of veterlnary Sclence), Assoclate Prof. Dr. Aung Tun Khalng (Paculty of veterlnary Sclence) and Mr. Shazanl Sarl[an (Paculty of Agro-8ased |ndustry). Among the places that was vlslted was ezln Agrlcul- tural Unlverslty (AU), Nay Pyl Taw, the Dry Zone Greenlng area ln 8agan, and 4 PACLS ln P|AT Welcome to UMK wlth the semester about to start for the 20l3/20l4, UMK 1ell wlll recleved lts new batch of students for both P|AT and PS8. The orlenta- tlon sesslon codename 3M lst tll the 5th of September 20l3. MyP|AT would llke to welcome all the new lntake, and hope for a frultful sesslon and welcome to UMK, 1ell Campus. To return- lng student, welcome back, and be on your toes for the comlng lectures to be held soon. All the best for the Semester l, 20l3/20l4 academlc sesslon . Myanmar Visit by Shazani Sarijan (ccnt. cn 2} 7he uVl Jeleot|cn tc Vyonmot: ltcm lelt ltcl. 0t. 1osn| 5oct| , ltcl. 0t. kozol wohoc, ltcl. 0t. AhmoJ Anwot lsmo|l onJ Asscc. ltcl. 0t. Aun 7un lho|n an equestrlan farm, Nature's Llfe ln Mandalay. ezln Agrlcultural Unlverslty (AU), was prevl- ously an Agrlculture College and Pesearch |nstltute ln Mandalay whlch was estab- llshed ln l924, become lts Volume 2, Issue 8 September 2013 Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ahmad Anwar Ismail Editor: Mohd Hafi z Jamaludin Technical: Nik Ahmad Fakruddin Ni k Zulkefl i Mohd Salbahari n Ismai l MyFIAT Faculty of Agro Based Industry Universiti Malaysia Kel antan, Jeli Campus Locked Bag 100 17600 Jel i Kelantan, MALAYSIA. Tel: 09 - 947 7021 Fax: 09 - 9467158 email : hafiz@umk.edu.my MyFIAT Myanmar visit (from pg 1) Learning and Teaching 2 3 SEED INSPECTORATE TRAINING PROGRAM BERNAS on Board By Akmal Adilah Idris By Mohd Hafiz MyFIAT Upcoming events 4 Academl c Tal k: "8or l aug Pel l owshl p Program: An Opport unl ty to be Tral ned Abroad ( l8 September 20l3) Ml ss Akmal Adl l ah | drl s wl l l share her experl ence durl ng her attachement t ral nl ng at the Al abama Agrl cul t ural and Mechanl cal Unl versl t y, Huntsvl l l e, Al abama, Unl ted States of Amerl ca. Keep a l ook out on t he venue St udent Mobl l l t y: Postgr aduate student s f rom P| AT and PS8 wl l l be gol ng to Unl versl t y of the Phl l l pp l nes, Los 8anos on l8 Sept ember Faces in FIAT Mobammad Amizi Ayob MSc, Dlp. ln Plantlng |ndustry and Manage- ment (UlTM) Pesearch |nterest: plantatlon manage- ment Has more than 20 years experlence ln the plantatlon lndustry Dr. Wong Yee Cbing PhD (Unlversltl Putra Malaysla) MSc (Unlversltl Putra Malaysla) 8Sc (Unlversltl Putra Malaysla) Pesearch |nterest: Chemlcal Sclence, 8lomass Lnergy Chemlstry Volume 2, Issue 8 September 2013 P|AT PAA gatherlng held on the 25th August at 8K5 Mobamad Sa'Arani Mobd Zin e-mall: saaranl.mzQumk.edu.my dlrect lnvolv,ment ln the management and lmplementatlon of agrlculture pro[ects of faculty wlthln the unlverslty Leony 7bam Yew Seng MSc (Unlversltl Kebangsaan Malaysla) 8Sc (Unlversltl Putra Malaysla) Pesearch |nterest: Appllcatlon of Mathematlcs and Statlstlcs