Yahya rasmi Pesta Kubis di Kundasang.

Yahya rasmi Pesta Kubis di Kundasang.

Published: Tuesday, 13 December 2016 13:41

Yahya memotong sayur kubis sebagai simbolik merasmikan Pesta Kubis Sabah 2016 sambil diperhatikan oleh Dr.Joachim, Faimin (tiga dari kiri), Ewon (dua dari kiri), Wasry (kiri) dan jemputan lain

KUNDASANG: Timbalan Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Yahya Hussin telah merasmikan Pesta Kubis Sabah 2016 di Pekan Kundasang.


Yahya yang juga Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Makanan Negeri berkata, Pesta Kubis dapat mempromosikan Kundasang sebagai pusat pelancongan berasaskan Agro-pelancongan.

“Pesta ini juga mampu memangkinkan pertumbuhan ekonomi selain merapatkan hubungan dan menjalin perpaduan antara masyarakat setempat”, katanya.

Beliau berharap menerusi Pesta Kubis dapat meningkatkan semangat dan menyokong usaha warga petani yang terlibat secara langsung dan tidak langsung dalam perusahaan tanaman kubis, serta meningkatkan hasil dan mutu pengeluaran sayur-sayuran tanah tinggi.

Yahya turut menyampaikan Anugerah Peladang Jaya, Ibu Peladang, Usahawan Muda dan Anugerah Khas selain melawat pameran yang diadakan.

Turut hadir ialah Pembantu Menteri Kerajaan Tempatan dan Perumahan Negeri, Datuk Dr.Joakchim Gunsalam, Setiausaha Politik Yahya,  Ewon Benedick, Pegawai Daerah Ranau, Haji Faimin Kamin dan Pengerusi Pesta Kubis, Wasry Tarijin.-AV/BTN

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Yahya menerima kunjung AJK Pelaksana Pesta Kubis

Yahya menerima kunjung AJK Pelaksana Pesta Kubis

KOTA KINABALU: Timbalan Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Yahya Hussin (duduk, tengah) telah menerima kunjungan hormat daripada Ahli Jawatankuasa Pelaksana Pesta Kubis Sabah 2016 di pejabatnya di Wisma Pertanian Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, hari ini.

Kunjungan itu diketuai oleh Pengerusi Jawatankuasa itu, Encik Wasry Tarijin (duduk, 2 dari kiri) Turut hadir ialah Setiausaha Politik Yahya, Encik Ewon Benedick (duduk, kiri).

Yahya yang juga Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Makanan Negeri telah diberi taklimat mengenai sambutan Pesta Kubis yang akan diadakan pada awal bulan Disember 2016 oleh Wasry dan jawatankuasanya.

Yahya turut mencadangkan agar Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani Malaysia dijemput bagi merasmikan Pesta Kubis Sabah 2016.-AG

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Pelbagai acara sambutan Pesta Kubis

4th December, 2015
 
KUNDASANG: Pelbagai acara kini telah siap disusun atur sempena sambutan Pesta Kubis peringkat negeri di Perkarangan Kedai Sedco Pekan Kundasang bermula 18 hingga 20 Dis bermula jam 7 pagi.
Pengerusi Jawatankuasa pelaksana pesta itu, Wasry Tarijin memberitahu, bermula pada hari pertama (18 Disember) akan diadakan Pemeriksaan Kesihatan oleh Klinik Kesihatan Kundasang, Pameran oleh jabatan serta agensi-agensi kerajaan negeri dan persekutuan, pertandingan Cabaran 2X2 Motorcross, Gusti Tangan dan pertandingan Kebudayaan termasuk Pertandingan Bintang Kanak-Kanak.

Manakala hari kedua (19 Disember), akan diadakan Pertandingan Mewarna kategori kanak-kanak, Pertandingan ‘Auto Show”, pameran dan Pertandingan Sayuran Segar Tanah Tinggi, Pameran ‘Volkswagen’, Pertandingan Tarik Tali, Pertandingan 4X4 Pesta Kubis Challenge, Persembahan Artis USDA dan Pertandingan Nyanyian Terbuka.

“Hari kedua juga diadakan Majlis Perasmian pesta yang akan disempurnakan Menteri Di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Kurup yang juga dijangka turut dihadiri barisan kenamaan yang lain termasuklah, Menteri Pelancongan, Kebudayaan dan Alam Sekitar, Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun, Ahli Parlimen Ranau, Datuk Dr.Ewon Ebin, Menteri Kerajaan Tempatan dan Perumahan , yang juga Adun Kundasang, Datuk Dr.Joachim Gunsalam, Menteri-Menteri Kabinet Negeri Sabah, Pegawai Daerah Ranau, Haji Faimin Bin Kamin serta para jemputan kenamaan yang lain”, jelas Wasry.

Manakala hari terakhir (20 Disember), pertandingan 4X4 Pesta Kubis Challenge akan diteruskan selain Pertandingan Fitness Dance, persembahan Artis jemputan dan Pertandingan Nyanyian antara Pondok JKKK & Ketua-Ketua Mukim Kundasang.

“Saya mewakili Jawatankuasa pelaksana, menjemput orang ramai termasuk para pelancong luar negeri supaya datang menyaksikan pelbagai acara yang bakal diadakan sempanjang pesta tiga hari itu”, tambah Wasry. – OLEH ADUKA JASNIN SUMAN

more: http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/1582

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Cabbage Festival a roaring success

Cabbage Festival a roaring success

Wasry Tarijin

KUNDASANG: Pomp and pageantry was the order of the day at the two days Cabbage Festival held in Kundasang recently.

The small township perched on a slope brooded over by Mount Kinabalu was busy, packed with vehicles sporting plate numbers from all over the country. The township was surrounded by stalls selling various items including fashion wear, shoes, food and trinkets among others.

And of course there were heaps of vegetables such as cabbages, tomatoes, pumpkins and chili among many others.

Thousands of people milled around, looking at the various display and exhibitions in the town square as well as around it. The intermittent rain and gusts of cold wind were not deterrents. In fact, visitors and participants in the festival seemed to enjoy the cold atmosphere.

Event Organising Chairman, Wasry Tarisin said the main thrusts of the event which was to highlight farm produce and tourism products in Kundasang were achieved through the participation of the farming community in that area. The number of visitors, estimated to be about three thousand, coming and going, made it a tremendous success.

“The various types of vegetables available in the highland evoked tremendous interest among the visitors,” he said.

According to him, as in all festivals the event hoped to promote the area as the main producer of highland vegetables ensuring that potential buyers had an idea of where to acquire their supply.

“We want to make sure that farmers are given the opportunity to advertise and showcase their products through the festival,” he stressed.

On the popular notions that the Highland vegetables in Kundasang were tainted with pesticide, herbicides and chemical fertilisers, he said that the farmers there were periodically accorded instructions through talks given by the relevant authorities.

“I believe that we are slowly but surely getting into better and more environment friendly mode of farming,” he stated, adding that the Cabbage Festival's exhibitions and display hoped to empathise on the improvement.

Meanwhile, event secretary Azridin Sulimat shared that the Agriculture Innovation competition evoked tremendous participation, which augured well for the farming community in the highland.

According to him, several food production and farming innovations have been forwarded for the competition but they were parred down and shortlisted to include the most relevant and useful implements.

The final five participants included a hill paddy planting instrument, composting of vegetable waste, food condiment paste, Extracting Yacon sugar and chili sauce.

“Their working papers have been collected and they will be presented to an innovation competition at the National level in West Malaysia,” he said.

He shared that the Cabbage Festival this year round which was officiated by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Datuk Yahya Hussin was not only to gather farmers and celebrate, fostering friendship and rapport among themselves.

The Minister, with the State Assemblyman for Kundasang Datuk Joachim Gunsalam
(fourth left) and other officials with the recipients of the special recognition award.

“This festival also hoped to look at and scrutinize innovations that can contribute to the farming community's development economically and technologically.”

Four individuals were later given recognition for being Kundasang's pride. They were best farmer, Jadi Kinte, Best Young Entreprenuer Julaineh Waimin, Best Woman Farmer Yasimeh Ratiman and special recognition for Khamarul Azman Kowasin the World Champion of Performing Arts.-AG

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Kundasang; more than just cabbages

Kundasang; more than just cabbages

Azridin Sulimat

KUNDASANG: This highland district is well known for its highland vegetable production and is synonymous with cabbages and the Cabbage Festival.

The recent festival is a gathering of farmers to showcase their produce and compete in product contest, a traditional meeting to promote rapport and friendship among revellers as well as promoting tourism in that area.

Event Organisor Secretary Azridin Sulimat said there is more to the Cabbage Festival than meet the eye.

“There are many facets of the festival that are useful to the community as a whole such as attracting visitors to the area, ensuring that a positive image is projected through cultural and sporting activities as well as long term promotion for Kundasang.”

He said Mount Kinabalu is a definite plus for tourism in that area being one of the most well known tourism attraction in Malaysia, and coupled with Kundasang's identity as a balmy mountain township with scenic villages, that area is a tourist haven.

“The other identity of Kundasang is of course as the main producer of highland vegetables, cabbage being one of the more famous produce,” he stressed.

It is however not going to merely stand and bank on its vegetables, the community there is looking forward to self-sustaining production with better ways to produce nutritious, chemical free vegetables.

Young innovators are now in the process of thinking out of the box and this area may soon be known for something more interesting as well as advantageous.

One of the innovation is composting of vegetable discards and waste, by Mohd Al Hafiz Sovestor , 21.

Mohd Al Hafiz

“My innovation concerns the vegetables discards and waste in Kundasang. There are a lot of such wastage and I have came up with the idea to make compost with it. My idea is to collect them all which in the long run will ensure waste management,” he shared.

“Besides managing the waste in this area, composting will lessen our dependence on chemical based fertilisers. We will not only have good fresh healthy vegetables but also a cleaner environment.”

According to him, he had already started his composting project and used his fertiliser on his vegetable patch in Kg Kauluan Ranau. The result is very satisfactory he said adding that he is confident the fertiliser will catch on in future.

“In future, consumers will no longer be skeptical about the nutritious value of Kundasang Highland vegetables, as we will use organic fertilisers,” he said.

He hoped to collect wastes in and around Kundasang and process them into fertilisers with the objective of supplying all farmers in there with good organic fertiliser.

Another innovation is by Leef Anwar Malandi also from Kg Kauluan. He is planting Yacon, which areactually tubers that look like fat squat tapioca. They are eaten raw like chestnuts, but have a slightly unpleasant after taste. But these are not what they are for, they are actually made into juice.

Leef Anwar Malandi

Leef said he got the technology during a sojourn in Cameron Highlands. He brought the Yacon to Kundasang and planted them in two acres of land. He began to experiment with the tuber, squeezing the juice out of it.

The result is a very sweet syrup which can be used as sweetener to hot drinks or even spread on bread.

The best part of this Yacon syrup is its health benefit, shared Leef, Yacon can regulate blood sugar levels, lower “bad” cholesterol, help with weight loss and lower blood pressure.

“I plan to plant more of this plants and produce Yacon syrup. This way we can diversify the products of Kundasang,” he said, adding that he will look into packaging and marketing the product soon.

Azridin said there are five innovations that have been shortlisted for the final contest in West Malaysia. He expressed his hopes that Kundasang's innovators will go through with flying colours.-AG

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