Department of Agriculture (DOA) / Viviennie Ernie Net

This Department of Agriculture (DOA) is located at the Jin llmu, 94700 Serian Sarawak. This Serian DOA is under the Kota Samarahan. This means that, all the task, activities, the management, and all the decisions are link with the Kota Samarahan Agriculture Department. This DOA had been divided into three units such as the Fishery Department, Persatuan Pertubuhan Peladang, Veterinar. This three units or department located separately however; there are links between these three departments. These three departments will be in charge by the DOA. All the activities, the programs, and the decision have to compromise with the DOA. One of the DOA objectives is to support the food production industry in increasing local food production and reducing the food trade deficit. Here, this department will help the farmers to increase their product and make their business commercial by giving their training, courses, and providing good facilities to them such as a good tractor or an advance machine. Secondly, DOA wants to develop the agriculture entrepreneurs within the smallholder sector means of commercializing smallholder agriculture. By having more Bumiputera involve in business, this department come up with some program such as 1 Azam, Program Pembangunan Usahawan Wanita and Program Pembangunan Pertubuhan Peladang. These programs try to attract the Bumiputera to be an entrepreneur in the SME’s. The entrepreneur will get their first capital from this department in order to start their business. For example, this department will supply some crops, and also providing some equipment that the farmers need in order to run their business. Other than that, this
department also helps the farmers sell their products.