Hotel Bunga Raya became the first hotel in Johor to undertake the Urban Agriculture Programme through its “vegetable farm in the sky” project, where it grows vegetables on the sixth floor of the hotel.
The unique project, backed by the Johor Agricultural Department, is being implemented in an empty space using multilevel fibre pipes to cultivate various types of vegetables.
Johor Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Executive Committee chairman Ismail Mohamed was impressed with the hotel’s initiative, which transformed the upper floor of the hotel into a vegetable farm.
He said the public should emulate the hotel as urban agriculture that are actively implemented using modern technology can bring in lucrative income.
“The government is always encouraging those who are interested, especially the younger generation, to come to the nearest Agricultural Department office because we have training programmes and assistance for these initiatives."