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 Canadian Project
(CIDA, Vancouver), 1990 - Computer
Software Development (Farm Level Land Evaluation) |
At work in Agriculture Canada's
Vancouver office.
Expert Counterpart in Computer
Model (Software) Development -- Developing LANDS System
Prototype,
CIDA Project No. 600/12419 Agricultural
Information System Malaysia-CANADA (Farm Level
Land Evaluation) (Dec 1989 - Feb 1991) |
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CIDA Project: Synopsis |
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| Senior Fellow/
Economist, AGRICULTURE CANADA, Land Resource Research Centre,
6660 N.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1X2, Canada. CIDA
Project No. 600/ 12419 Agricultural Information System
Malaysia-Canada (Farm Level Land Evaluation). December 1989
to February 1991
Software model
development for a prototype Land Analysis and Decision Support
(LANDS) system.
On-the-job training developing the
prototype software with Agriculture Canada. Developed a
PC-based LANDS System (Ver.1) for farm/ regional level
applications, using an ORACLE-based rdbms interfaced with a
shell of proprietary software programs (TERRASOFT,
AgriExpert, Climate System, LINDO, etc.)
that will be valuable for land evaluation in both Malaysia
and Canada. Malaysian counterpart (Economist) providing
economic input for the algorithm used in the model
development, programmed in SQL and C-languages. Undertaken
self-study on time series price forecasting (ARIMA modelling)
of local agricultural commodities (at farmgate) and selected
stocks/ shares listed on the Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE),
using SHAZAM Econometrics Program (Ver. 6.2), and
DJMA Plus (forecasting price trends by technical analysis/
charting). |
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FLLE Gang of Six...... |
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 From left:
Arifin Abdul Latif (Economist --
odd-man out, the only "non-specialist"), Sahibi
Mokhtar (Soils Specialist),
Sulaiman M. Zain (Team Leader/ Farm
Mechanisation Specialist), Chua Piak
Chwee (Farm Management
Specialist), Yacob
Ahmad (Crops
Specialist), Mohd. Zaki Hadi (Data
Management Specialist). Where were we? Oh yes, at
Banff -- before our climb to the glaciers of the Canadian
Rockies. |
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Agriculture Research |
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 Lethbridge Research Station, B.C.,
Canada |
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Ossoyus Valley, B.C. |
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 Where
Canadian apples and other temperate fruits are grown,
for the export & local markets. Apples grown are
normally harvested and stored for over 1 year! So,
whenever we eat apples from that part of the world we
are actually crunching >1-year old apples!
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At Agriculture Canada |
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 Two
Teams were send for the CIDA Project. The first
badge worked on a Regional Level Land Evaluation
(RLE); while the second group's focus was narrowed
down to the farm level, i.e, the Farm Level Land
Evaluation (FLLE). Here much more data input and
crunching were involved! Apparently the project was the
first of it's kind attempted anywhere in the world. In
the process, Agriculture Canada was
accorded a Special Award by HRH The Queen --
something which we over here in Malaysia didn't realise!
Well, we spend a lot of time in Canada at a critical
time when the world saw sweeping changes -- with the
fall of socialism and The Gulf War, among others. On a
personal note I have lost my dearest father in the 1990
Mecca tragedy, while serving the DOA in Canada....
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