Tech based Paddy Farming Business; NUS Fass Economics & Business/ Activity

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Having been interested in Economics since O Level, I decided to work at a recently started technology based paddy farming business soon after my A2 exams to gain work experience and also knowledge of the industry, as food production is an important part of the world economy.

As the firm is small, I get to work in almost all areas. Whilst fertilizers are made in Ipoh, farming is done in Kedah and Kelantan. My work include assisting in the production of fertilizers, and calculating areas of paddy plots from aerial photos and preparing aerial maps with GPS coordinates. I have also done work on our field in Kelantan and inspected the operation of one of the business partner's rice mill in Kedah.

Aside from my work,I have gained perspective in not only where microeconomics principles are applied, as in the process of farming, but also the macroeconomic implications of it. For example, improving the productivity of paddy farming through improved technology could reduce Malaysia's dependency on rice imports, currently at 35% (RM2 billion in 2012) of total consumption, would make us less reliant on other countries.

I have also gained perspective on how business has to be conducted at times. I noticed that race is an issue in the paddy business. Securing sizable lands for padi farming is very difficult without exceptionally good relationship with the Malays concerned. This is because over 90% of padi lands in Peninsular Malaysia are under Malay Reserve. This makes me wonder how race relations will affect business and the economy of Malaysia another 20 years on. I have 2 uncles who are successful in their fields, both of whom settled in Singapore over 20 years ago, did not have the same problem.

To conclude, this internship has further invigorated my interest in Economics and Business, and also strengthened my interest in joining the finance sector in Singapore upon graduation.

I find this sentence is a bit too long. ... this is my suggestion;
Economics being my favorite subject since O/L, I decided to gain work experience in the food production industry after completing A2 exams. So I worked in a technology based paddy farming business.


Since it's a small firm, I get the opportunity to gain experience in all areas.



This also helped me broaden my perspectives on how business should be run under different circumstances and scenarios.

These are great corrections, thanks a lot