KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) — CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad (“CIMB Islamic”) today announced that it has signed a tripartite agreement with Yayasan DiRaja Sultan Mizan (“YDSM”) and Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (“UniSZA”) for the Melon Manis Terengganu (“MMT”) Graduate Agropreneur Programme. The programme will provide comprehensive training and development for university graduates to tap into agriculture-based careers and opportunities.
Under this agreement, CIMB Islamic will contribute seed funding of RM350,000 to YDSM as the programme coordinator, whilst UniSZA will be facilitating the programme and monitoring it to fruition. The MMT is a fast-growing plant which takes 60 days to mature with the potential to be harvested approximately three to five seasons per year. This initiative is expected to benefit close to 20 graduates with two fertigation facilities that can cultivate over 1,500 melon plants per greenhouse each season.
