Founder's Profile

Dr. Hj Ibrahim Abdullah was amongst a few Malay Scholar to have obtained a B. Sc. Degree in Horticulture from the National Taiwan University Taipei,Taiwan in 1971. He then persued education at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in the United Kingdom and in 1975 graduated with a M Sc. Degree in Plant Breeding.

He returned to Malaysia and served with the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) for a short period. Not long after, he returned to the United Kingdom and entered his former University of Wales and in 1981 graduated with a PhD in Genetics and Plant Breeding.

He served with MARDI until his retirement in the year 2001. During his career with MARDI, he served in various divisions holding the posts of Assistant Director of Horticulture, Director of Coco and Coconut, Director of Technology Promotion Division and other senior posts that assigned to him. He was also the seconded to the Malaysia Palm Oil Board (MPOB) in mid 80's for the period of two years holding the post of Senior Advisory Services Officer responsible in promoting palm oil products to the Far East Regions. Dr. Hj. Ibrahim Abdullah is an Expert in the Field of Agriculture.