TERENGGANU Agrotech Development Corp Sdn Bhd (TADC) expects fish production at its Lake Kenyir project to surge tenfold to 2,000 tonnes a year.TADC executive director Adnan Ghazali said this is achievable as more entrepreneurs join the lake's aquaculture programme.On average, a fish cage can produce about one tonne of fish.Entrusted by the Terengganu state government to be the integrator and developer for fish farming in Lake Kenyir under the East Coast Economic Region (ECER) project, TADC is targeting about 2,000 fish cages by year-end.Adnan calculates that if an entrepreneur is responsible for 10 participants, with each participant farming 20 fish cages, then this single entrepreneur will be in charge of 200 fish cages.Over the next three years, TADC has plans for 300 people including entrepreneurs, to be involved in its Lake Kenyir aquaculture project.Through this initiative, Adnan is optimistic that TADC will be able to meet its ECER target to boost fish output up to 6,000 tonnes a year in the next three years.Adnan said a strong pull factor is the profits. Each participant can get at least a monthly income of RM700 while entrepreneurs are assured of RM1,500. Read more
(New Straits Times 4-3-2008)
