How agropreneurs Brotani avoid major crop losses caused by climate change and weather uncertainties

KLANG - When the floods hit Shah Alam hard last December, agropreneurs Brotani’s plots of land, located right at the border of Shah Alam and Klang were also affected.

The four co-founders Aizat Long, Izz Thaqif, Amirul Hakim and Burhanuddin Asyraaff Mahmood immediately sprang into action by building a bigger drainage system to get rid of excess flood water which had the potential to ruin their pineapple crops.

Brotani's plots of land were also affected by the floods last December.

This proved to be useful, as the recent floods this year, caused partly by climate change and the northeast monsoon season (MTL) did not affect their output at all.

The disruption of output is further prevented with the help of a nearby pond that retains the excess flood water after it flows down the drainage system they built.

The nearby pond that retains the excess flood water after it flows down the drainage system

“We lose a couple of crops whenever such natural disasters happen but this was back in December.

“We have learned a lot since then and now we are no longer at risk of losing crops,” Izz told Sinar Daily.

He also said that one of the issues faced by them recently involved soil erosion, which destroyed a few of the pineapples that were planted near the hill slope.

“What we did was plant cow grass on that hill after the first erosion took place,” he explained.

He then shared that all it takes to avoid major crop losses is fast action.

“We wanted to ensure that none of this ever takes place again so we took the necessary steps to mitigate these issues,” he added.

Brotani sells whole MD2 pineapples as well as cold press juices made from the fruit.