Abstract
Black pepper, (Piper nigrum), is a agricultural crop which contains many nutritional, economical, and medicinal benefits. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate and Statistical Database (FAOSTAT), in the year 2020, Malaysia is the 7th largest producer of pepper in the world. Early literature on pepper planting in Malaysia shows it was first planted in Langkawi in 1619. In spite of becoming one of the largest producer in the world, pepper cultivation in Malaysia is steadily declining as the industry is facing competitive mainly from oil palm industry as farmers are changing their crop from pepper to oil palm. In order to kept competitive with other producer nations, new inventions that can help increase the production of pepper.
Metadata
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Creators: | Creators Email / ID Num. Zulkarnain, Azman bropaloh@gmail.com Dahli, Muhammad Izhar UNSPECIFIED Ramnor, Mohd Norazim UNSPECIFIED |
Contributors: | Contribution Name Email / ID Num. Patron Hashim @ Ismail, Prof Ts. Dr. Azhan UNSPECIFIED Advisor Abdul Fatah, Prof Madya Ts. Dr. Fazleen UNSPECIFIED Advisor Wan Mohd Zain, Ts. ChM. Dr. Wan Zuraida UNSPECIFIED Advisor Dolhaji, Dr. Noer Hartini UNSPECIFIED Editor Jaafar, Dr. Mohd Zuli UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wan Mohd Zain, Dr. Wan Zuraida UNSPECIFIED Editor Dolhaji, Dr Noer Hartini UNSPECIFIED Editor Kamarudin, Muhammad Aidil Ikhwan UNSPECIFIED Editor Puteh, Abdul Quddus UNSPECIFIED Editor Ismail, Nurul Izzatiafifi UNSPECIFIED |
Subjects: | S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) > Fertilizers and improvement of the soil > Farm machinery and farm engineering |
Divisions: | Universiti Teknologi MARA, Melaka > Jasin Campus > Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology |
Event Title: | International Agrotechnology Innovation Symposium (i-AIS) |
Event Dates: | 19 June 2023 |
Achievement: | Silver Award |
Page Range: | pp. 105-106 |
Keywords: | Pepper (Piper nigrum); Inventions; Production |
Date: | 2023 |
URI: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/81234 |