A presentation by GOLDEN BARN Inc (GBK) for the Government of Republic of Indonesia

Harvesting the Potentialities of World-Standard Rice Production Technologies

Indonesia Agriculture at a Glance

The agricultural sector in Indonesia reportedly employs over 40 percent of the national workforce while contributing approximately 17 percent of GDP. It is one of the pillars of the countrys economy. Rice is the staple food grain of Indonesia. While ranks 3rd in the world in rice production, but also one of the top rice importer of the world.

However, in recent years total rice consumption has been rising faster than production, as the growth rate of national rice area and yield has faltered.

Ref: Bangladesh MOA 2011-2012

The Challenge
In 2012 Indonesia will import around 1.45MMT of miller rice. For the 238 million people of Indonesia, the status of its domestic rice supply is synonymous with its food security and become the biggest challenge to overcome

The Solution
GBK Turnkey Mechanized Rice Cultivation Project could be the best possible solution to achieve self sufficiency in rice production and

ensure food security for the generations to come

Ref: Bangladesh MOA and CIA Country Report

The Company: GBK

Golden Barn Inc. Pte Ltd, registered in Singapore. HQ in Taiwan. GBK is a company working dedicatedly for the dissemination of most productive rice cultivation technology. The goal of GBK is to support the farmers globally to increase the rice production introducing GBK Method, to change traditional cropping pattern by inducting new potential short variety of rice and various cash crops. This advanced eco-friendly technology from Taiwan is integrated with agricultural methods from all over the globe and will be promoted throughout the world.

Objective Introduction of most modern AgroTech Introduction of HYV inbred rice (Over 10 MT/HA yield) Introduction of Short Duration Rice Variety (70 Days) Facilities and Location(s) Operations in Taiwan, Cambodia, and Bangladesh

The Leadership & Expertise

GBK Expertise
GBK's researchers have over thirty years experience in rice-growing, seedling cultivation and applied agriculture researches.

The Leadership

GBK mastered the most advanced rice technology in the world.

Mr. Shahdab Akbar, Managing Director of GBK is an international businessman having 30 years of business experience.

Mr. Shahdab Akbar is working relentlessly to change the livelihood of Bangladeshi framers by implementing an innovative model of mechanized agriculture.

The Leadership & Expertise

Huang Che-Liang
President Educated in USA, one of the most dynamic Agro Entrepreneur of Taiwan Concurrent Position Rich-Power(USA) Investment Group-Preside Rich-Power(Taiwan) Investment Co.-President Golden Barn Inc.-President Golden Barn Khmer Investment co., Ltd.-President Sintai Creation Inc. President

Lai Fu-Tsung
- Director

Educated in USA, having vast experience in managing infrastructure and agriculture investment management companies.
Concurrent Position: Bodhi Gang investment Co., Ltd.-Chairman Beijing sysmoto group Co., Ltd. - Chairman

Lin Ching Yuan

Chief technology Officer Experiences Over 30 years experience in working at National Level in Taiwan in agricultural Mechanization and technological improvements in rice seedling production process Awards and Honors In 2010 variety developed by Lin was elected as the "no. 1 in Top Ten Classic Rice In 2008 the President of Taiwan awarded him the title "Shen Nong award (mean's God of Agriculture).

The Vision
Implementing GBK mechanized rice cultivation technology to minimize yield gap and help feed the ever increasing world population while mitigating the adverse impact of climate change, thus ensuring food security for generations to come

2015
Strategy Targets
Yield Gap minimize and ensure food security

Enviromental Targets
Gradually Replace Chemical Fertiliser with Organic Fertiliser.

Process Targets
Creating new cropping cycle and intorduct new variety of HY rices

People Targets
Ensuring farmers level profitability. Generating high tech rural employments.

Business Targets
Increase Production. Reduce Production Cost.

The Technology
Highly Advanced mechanized rice cultivation technology which also known as Precision Agriculture Technology

ORIGIN OF THE TECHNOLOGY: originated in Japan in 1960, this is the most advanced and proven mechanized rice cultivation technology in the world DEVELOPMENT STAGE: Fully mature technology. Perfected by decades of intensive research. FLEXIBILITY: Any rice variety for any climatic zone can be cultivated, any type of transplanting by various seedling combinations per hill and various spacing is possible. ADAPTED COUNTRIES: Japan, South Korea and Taiwan is 98% mechanized using this technology. China, Malaysia etc are adapting this technology at an accelerated speed

The Technology: Flowchart

Mechanized multi stage nursery operation consisting seed soaking and seed treatment to prevent diseases Seed placed on trays and Kept in controlled environment for germination

Seedling Raising
After germination trays are placed on open field for growing for upto 15-20 days. Seedlings are rolled as mats and ready for transportation to the farmers land.

Seedling of optimal age are transplanted onto farmers land by mechanized rice transplanter

Mechanized Transplanting

Fully Automated Nursery

The GBK Model: Major Features

Efficient use of resources by saving on labor cost

Timely transplanting of seedlings of optimal age

Ensures uniform spacing and optimum plant Higher productivity compared to traditional methods

No transplanting shock, early vigor of seedling, better tillering and uniform maturity of crop that facilitate timely harvest and reduce harvest losses

GBK vs. Traditional Method

Manual transplanting is labor intensive, time consuming, and expensive, large number of workers (25-40/ha) required.

With a transplanter, the same work can be done by an operator & an assistant. Possible to transplant more than 2 Ha/eight hours by 4row machine and more by higher capacity transplanter.

GBK vs. Traditional Method

Seedling growing requires large area (seedling--transplant ratio max 1:20/Ha) Seedling kept in seed bed 30-50 days
Seedling raised at open field, thus cannot be protected from natural hazard.

Required very small area (seedling-transplant ratio is minimum 1:400/Ha) After 20 days seedlings are transplanted

Seedlings are protected by plastic shading during natural hazard

GBK vs. Traditional Method

Hand planting results in inconsistent row distances, hill space, & uneven planting depth Seedling suffer transplanting shock

Mechanized transplanting ensures uniform spacing, planting depth & optimum plant density No transplanting shock

GBK Operations: Taiwan

A.
GBK and its partner organizations has over 300 experts in Taiwan that an be used to expands operations throughout the world

B.
GBK has its large scale automated rice seedling nursery and research facility in Taiwan

C.
GBK R&D operation in Taiwan includes improved High Yield & Short Duarte rice variety, HY Sweet Corn, Sugarcane, Golden Tilapia, Vegetables, etc

GBK Operations: Taiwan

GBK high yield Sweet Corn has average yield of 35MT/Ha in 75-80days

GBK HY pineapple research

GBK R&D facility at Taiwan

GBK Operations: Taiwan

GBK high yield Golden Tilapia pond at Taiwan, which grows faster in high density pond and can be cultivated every 75days

GBK cow fattening. Each cow will grow to produce 500kg meat in 1.8years

GBK Operations: Cambodia

A.
GBK is cultivating both HY Taiwan variety and local rice variety in Cambodia using GBKs own technology

B.
GBK is conducting R&D in Cambodia for production improvement of various local rice varieties

C.
GBK has completed all necessary preparations to cultivate 10,000Ha mechanically in Cambodia in next cultivation season

GBK Operations: Cambodia

GBK Cambodia office inaugurated by the Chairman of GBK

GBK officials visiting Cambodia rice field

GBK Operations: Bangladesh a-Strategic-Priority

2012 (Aman Season)
Introducing Mechanized Transplantation in BD by starting pilot scale commercial operation

2012-13 (Boro Season)

GBK technology to minimize the yield gap and transform Bangladesh from a rice importer to an exporter
Full scale commercial operation begins, creating rural jobs by unique business model

2014
Achieving self sufficiency in rice production, introducing new 70Day HY rice variety, change in crop pattern

2015
Achieve rice exporting capability, transform Bangladesh from rice importer to exporter

GBK Operations in Bangladesh: Projects & Partners

BADC
GBK is working in collaboration with Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) of Bangladesh Governments Ministry of Agriculture to introduce short duration HY rice variety and gradually transform manual seed production into a mechanical one

BRAC
GBK is working in collaboration with BRAC (the largest grass root NGO in the word) to establish pilot scale 5000Ha Capacity mechanized rice cultivation project in next Cropping Season (Nov2012-Feb2013). Once fully implemented the project is expected to reach over 500,000Ha capacity within next three years

RDA
GBK working in collaboration with Rural Development Academy (RDA) of Bangladesh Governments Ministry of Rural Development and Cooperative to implement a 2500Ha Capacity Project in Northern Bangladesh in next Cropping Season (Nov2012-Feb2013)

KAB
GBK also working with rural entrepreneurs in a Agriculture Franchise Model to implement a 1000Ha Capacity Project in Southern Districts of Bangladesh

GBK Bangladesh Operation: Ongoing Aman-2012

Seed soaking treatment at GBK nursery

Seedling Machine at Operation (seeds are placed uniformly on tray mechanically)

GBK Bangladesh Operation: Ongoing Aman-2012

Sprouted seeds are placed on green field nursery

Seedling Grown at Greenfield Nursery

GBK Bangladesh Operation: Ongoing Aman-2012

15days old Seedling are rolled for transportation

Seedling loaded on truck for transportation

GBK Bangladesh Operation: Ongoing Aman-2012

Transplanting operation inaugurated by the MD of GBK at BRAC Center

Rice seedlings are transplanted by 4 row walk behind rice transplanter

GBK Bangladesh Operation: Ongoing Aman-2012

Faster growth, healthy plants because of no transplanting shock

Amazing results, dark green healthy plants, disease free & shiny leaves

GBK Bangladesh Operation: Ongoing Aman-2012

Faster growth, stronger and much higher number of tillers per hill

Comparison of mechanized and manual transplanting (left field transplanted mechanically and right field transplanted manually)

GBK Achieving Milestone in Rice Yield

GBK achieved record yield in rice cultivation in south Asia and South East Asians countries

9.8 MT/Ha yield in 80 days

We have achieved a milestone in rice cultivation in Bangladesh by our field trial in BADC Kashimpur farm by cultivating a new GBK short duration Inbred rice variety. The rice was cultivated using GBK technology and the official yield was 9.8MT/Ha. Moreover this was our first field trial and we are expecting more than 12MT/Ha yield from this variety.

Crop Cutting of Record Yield at BADC Farm

Crop Cutting ceremony preside by the Chairman of BADC and MD of GBK.

Sample Official Records of Yield Comparison

Rajshahi, Bangladesh: Crop Cutting Report of GBK & Traditional Technology

45.71% more yield by GBK technology

Bogra Bangladesh: Crop Cutting Report of GBK & Traditional Technology

47.43% more yield by GBK technology

On average in Bangladesh farmers get 43% more rice yield by GBK technology

Presenting GBK Achievements to Honourable PM

GBK MD is presenting the achievements of GBK to Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

What We Can Do: Turnkey Project Solution

GBK provide technical and technological support to set up agriculture production systems & infrastructure

GBK provide complete production management service to ensure highly efficient, high yield & low cost crop production to maximize profitability

Complete Agriculture Solution

GBK Turnkey Rice Production System consists A-Z of rice productions for any rice variety and anywhere in the world

GBK Turnkey Solution: A Z of Rice Cultivation

Seed production

Automated Seedling Nursery for Seedling production

Land preparation for harvesting

Mechanized Transplanting of seedling

Packaging for retail consumption

Milling and other post harvest treatment

Harvesting

Complete agronomics management

GBK Project for Indonesia

GBK offers to implement a fully mechanized rice cultivation project of 200,000Ha in collaboration with Indonesia Government as a Public Private Partnership initiative to solve the challenge of rice demand of current and future times

GBK Project for Indonesia

GBK PPP project collaboration offers most favorable terms and condition for the Indonesia Government

GBK Project: Benefits for Indonesia

Strategic National Benefit
Indonesia achieve self sufficiency in rice cultivation Possibility of rice export by introducing GBK technology to general farmers

National Economic Benefit

Saving of foreign currency that used for rice import Help improving national BOP (Balance of Payment)

Contribution to National GDP

Increase in total rice production will increase National GDP Also Contributing by bringing in Foreign Investment

GBK Project: Benefits for Indonesia

National R&D Cost Savings
GBK Technology and HYV will save hundreds of millions of dollar currently spent for research to increase rice production

Social Impact
Creating new employment opportunity Ensuring food security for generation to come

Peoples Impact
Making general urban people happy by reducing or stabilizing the rice price Making rural farmers happy by spreading introducing GBK technology for them

GBK Project : The Way Forward

GBK has the Capability to implement project within shortest possible time

GBK is ready to implement a pilot scale project in 5000Ha by the next crop season of April 2013

GBK project capacity will reach 50,000 Ha by nest irrigated cropping season of 2013-14

GBK can expand that to 25000Ha by the third cropping season of year started from August 2013

GBK project will gradually reach 200,000Ha capacity by the end of 2015

The Bottom-line of GBK Technology

Lower Cost of Production

GBK technology ensure at least 25% lower cost of production than contemporary rice cultivation technologies currently available

Higher Rice Production

Increased Profitability

GBK technology ensures at least 20% higher production of rice with lower costs

Because of 25% lowering of costs and 20% increase in productivity the profitability is expected to increase significantly

GBK Solution: Excellence in Agriculture Productivity

Proven
GBK production management technology is the most advanced & most productive, yet low cost production system that is also easy to implement

Reliable
GBK work in collaboration with world renowned companies to setup production related infrastructures and processing facilities

Flexible
GBK can provide turn key solution for large agriculture projects ranging from 5,000Ha to 500,000Ha anywhere in the world

Thank You