Working with Nature
Best Malaysia committed to working with nature to restore natural ecosystems
Best Malaysia committed to working with nature to restore natural ecosystems
The 20th century focussed on technologies like gasoline engines and chemicals to lead us into a modern level of control and influence over our environment. In the 21st century we must focus on repairing the damage. Restoring Ecological health to the planet. Since 1990s, we have led the effort to permanently protect and restored more than billion acres of soil on five continents. We have been at the forefront of nearly every major lands victory.
Our Flagship Product TM Agricultural is a liquid formula that extract from plants and is applied directly to the soil and plant. It is designed to limit inorganic material leakage and simulate strains of beneficial microbes that have been dormant (existing in the soil), helping to increase and enhance the microbial activity in the soil.
Most people look at paddocks, orchards and gardens and see only what is growing above the ground.
Every year, farmers seed millions of acres of wheat, canola, barley, oats, peas, lentils, corn, soybeans, rice, sugarcane and a variety of hay, fruit and root crops hoping for substantial healthy yields. With an eye on the world’s agricultural industry this list grows exponentially.
What we do not see is the life that is teeming within the soil and this life with bacteria and fungi as its corner stone is the key to healthy and abundant yields.
For the last half-century, when we’ve gone into our paddocks, too many of us have seen poor conditions and unhealthy soil resulting in higher and higher input costs and lower and lower profits.
What we want to see are reduced input costs, higher yields and more profit. These goals can only be achieved with healthy soil.
Loose, well-structured earth which promotes good aeration and percolation.
Has a high population of organisms that you can see with the naked eye and millions of microbes that you can’t.
Microbes that can’t see
Because they are the cornerstone of healthy soil. When soil is teeming with this life, we establish a healthy environment that aids in promoting and maintaining healthy roots. Healthy root structures take up more nutrients for the plants. As the plants become healthier and more abundant, so do the crops we harvest.
Best Flagship — It is designed to stimulate strains of beneficial microbes that have been dormant, helping to increase and enhance the microbial activity in the soil.
Weak plants that are susceptible to disease and pests, increasing the dependence on, and cost of fungicides and pesticides.
Compacted soil is difficult to till. This leads to increased cost of fuel, and wear and tear on machinery.
Compacted soil does not absorb or retain water, which increases the need for water and cost of energy for irrigation.
Depleted soil is susceptible to erosion, leading to decreased yield and unreliable future profitability of land investment.
Weak unhealthy plants attract a higher likelihood of pests
Decreased crop yield and profitability.
Healthy growing soil is composed of a host of micro-organisms, nutrients, humus and trace minerals that work together to create conditions that enable healthy plant growth. Scientific research however, has shown that the harsh nature of chemical fertilisers can disturb the delicate balance of that micro-system leading to soil hardening, lower nutrients and moisture content.
To compensate for declining soil quality the tendency is to apply more and more chemical fertiliser; this results in a perpetual cycle of steadily decreasing soil quality and steadily increasing chemical fertiliser amounts. This leads to higher input costs and decreased profitability.
Moisture is required to help decompose the previous year’s stubble it’s also used to carry fertiliser and nutrients to a plant’s root system. The right amount of soil moisture can be an important determining factor in crop growth. Early soil moisture promotes early seed germination and earlier crop emergence, which leads to a longer growing season and higher yields.
Rich in organic matter.
Higher crop yield.
Soil rich in nutrients and, robust crops that are less susceptible to disease and pests.
Reduced need and costs for fungicides and pesticides.
Greater water absorption and moisture retention
Soil that is less susceptible to erosion and runoff.
Aerated soil that is not compacted and hard.
This reduces fuel costs and wear and tear on machinery.
Best products work to rejuvenate the soil and over the last twenty years the ability to research at the molecular level has brought significant insight into the relationship between microbial organisms, soil health, plant health and crop yield. Best has engaged in this research since the 1990s to establish sustainable farming methods that lead to increased crop yield, enhanced soil health and sustainable agricultural practices.
Best products restore the interconnected relationship between the soil, microorganisms and plants. The system results in healthy, aerated soil that is rich in nutrients and robust crops that are healthy and more resistant to disease and pests.
Best products are an environmentally safe technology that restores and rejuvenates the soil to a fertile state.
The following videos describe the motivation and science behind Best's products. Details are also provided regarding their use in variable applications and outcomes.
How the relationship between the health of soil to that of plants, animals and humans.
Best Farming Systems optimizes plant health by applying nutrient-based fertilizers directly to the leafs of plants, where nutrient absorption is most efficient.
Best Environmental Technologies are regularly conducting extensive research with institutions and universities around the world and have done many trials in conjunction with reputable research institutions and leading agricultural companies to ensure we are at the cutting edge of cost effective biological farming.
Paddy (T1) Kok Soon from Kedah Singkir, Malaysia
Paddy T3 - PLS Mr. Allen Lim from Selangor Sekinchan, Malaysia
Paddy (T2) - Trench 1 front
Mr. Lap from Perak Chui Chak, Malaysia
(T2) Uncle Loong paddy from Perak Chui Chak, Malaysia
Paddy (T2) Nestle Mr. Luffi from Kedah Ayer Hitam, Malaysia
(T1) Mr. Ba Huat paddy from Kedah Pendang, Malaysia
(T1) Mr. Ba Huat paddy from Kedah Pendang, Kampung Banggol Besi, Malaysia
(T1) Nestle Mr. hakimi paddy from Perlis Simpang Ampat, Malaysia
Examples of human intervention include working soil in ways that may lead to wind suspendible and water soluble components of a soil being displaced. Soil compaction (the loss of pore space within the soil matrix) may also result from human intervention and degradation of the space for air and water can also result in increased soil erosion and decreased crop production.
Over the past century, the direct agricultural application of herbicides, pesticides, and chemical fertilisers have modified soil quality. Indirect application of hormones, pharmaceuticals, disinfectants, antimicrobial agents, anthelmintics, as well as protein, mineral and vitamin supplements also occur through practices such as manure spreading. Repeated applications invariably leads to modification of the soil’s chemical composition. Application of TM Agricultural allows soil microbes to reduce the chemical load over time by mechanisms other than releasing chemicals into runoff.
At least 17 elements are known to be essential nutrients for plants and their deficiencies as well as balance may affect plant health. There are thousands of flavours and aromas produced by food crops and these constituents and the relative amounts of them may be altered by human intervention. We believe that restoring microbial diversity of the soil improves availability of compounds that comprise the nutritional and flavour-fulness of crops.
Commensal root microbes can confer numerous benefits to a plant, including increased tolerance to environmental stressors like heat, drought, and acidity, and aid in the plant’s acquisition of nutrients. BEST believes that they also interact with the plant roots to create a protective biome. Accordingly, human mediated changes to the soil disrupt the plants' ability to resist disease and they are rebuilding the soil ecosystem to restore disease resistance.
