WORK ETHICS

• Always keep the image and reputation of public services.
• Always carry out duties with honesty, trust and fair.
• Always reject all forms of corruption and provide equal service to all customers.
• Always emphasized the importance of the task of self-interest.
• Always meet the time in performing their duties.
• Always friendly service and responsiveness to customers.
• Never accept money / gifts / entertainment as a reward to help expedite the approval process.
• Always nurture the spirit as a team and want to help any party that needs the help and support.
• Always accelerate and not delay the payment transactions to all parties entitled to receive payment.
• Always indicate the level of high professionalism and skills to customers, especially the Department.
• Always strive to improve the knowledge and skills in performing the task.
• Department and customers do not cheat.
• Always save in financial management.
• Always wise and noble character of the scheme or choose to avoid you in all procurement matters.
• Always strive to improve work quality and productivity of the department.

FUNCTION TECHNICAL BRANCH

Commodities Development Branch

• To develop the rice industry, industry and commodity crops and floriculture potential to meet the objectives of the National Agricultural Policy.
• Develop a package of rice technology, industry and commodity crops and floriculture potential projects based on the observation of technology and technology prospecting.
• To provide consultancy services, technical support and advice to entrepreneurs.
• Manufacture and supply of quality seeds and planting materials to the plant operators.
• Authentication scheme provides seed paddy rice seed producers authorized to private.
• Developing fruit industry in the commercial and competitive as well as promoting new technologies to support the development of the Department of Agriculture program.
• To develop the vegetable industry and commercial crops and competitive as well as promoting new technologies to support the development of the Department of Agriculture program.
• Produce seeds and planting materials of fruits, vegetables and crops quality and conserve and develop plant genetic resources.

Land Management and Conservation Branch

• Conduct investigation to determine the types of land for planning development projects in agriculture and other uses such as construction of infrastructure, urban and rural planning.
• Conduct investigations and issue a land use map land use in Peninsular Malaysia as well as statistical and agricultural products.
• Identify and develop application technologies and effective management of soil fertility enhancing crop productivity in soils.
• To guide land and water management to control erosion and reduce environmental pollution caused by agricultural development activities towards sustainable development.
• Provide analytical services for soil samples, leaf, fertilizer, water and agriculture.

Branch of the Crop Protection and Plant Quarantine

• Protect the agricultural sector and the country from attack kemerebakan diseases and pests through their expertise and consulting services and control programs in the areas of crop protection and plant quarantine.
• Charge of agricultural safety and protect the nation from foreign pests through the implementation of the enforcement of the Plant Quarantine Act 1976 and Plant Quarantine Regulations 1981 and the enforcement of the Customs Act and CITES to protect the interests of the country so they can plant and janaplasma high value in terms of genetics and not out of the country's commercial.

Human Resource Development Branch.

• Implement short-term training programs / extension of inside / outside the country for the officers.
• Implement Course Level Assessment (PTK) for officers.
• Agriculture Certificate training for SPM leavers.
• Implementing the Youth Entrepreneur Incubator Program for youth Tani.
• Malaysian Skills Certificate training for school leavers.

GOALS

• To create a progressive farming community so that they can participate actively in national development, particularly agriculture.
• Increase the contribution of agriculture sector in the economy by encouraging and developing crops are viable.

STRATEGIES

• The main emphasis is towards the development and provision of effective technical support for the creation of a progressive and commercial farmers.
• The emphasis is towards the development of commodity-based clusters in the commercial management and use of the resources available optimally.
• The measures will be undertaken to accelerate implementation of agricultural acts of Pesticides Act (1994) and Plant-Plant Quarantine Act (1976). In addition, the Department will implement the prohibitions on export under the Customs Act (1988).

OBJECTIVES

• Provide consultation, technical support and professional advice in various areas of agriculture, particularly food crops and downstream to ensure adequate food production for the country.
• Guide and create a progressive agricultural entrepreneurs to increase farm productivity and agricultural production nationwide.
• Creating a workforce that is trained and skilled to the needs of the agricultural industry.
• Protect crops (industrial crops and food) from the threat of pests and diseases through crop protection and quarantine services.
• Determine the output of food crops and products that secure and control of environmental pollution.
• Control the plant materials and materials from threatened extinction janaplasma country.

FUNCTIONS

Agriculture Department

• Evaluate, modify and formulate technology package from the agency / body of research by local conditions and delivered to agricultural entrepreneurs.
• To provide consultancy and technical support package for entrepreneurs, private and agricultural development agencies.
• Develop a National Agricultural Information Resource for the planning and implementation of agricultural development.
• Conduct training at the Institute / Agricultural Training Centre to meet the needs of skilled manpower in the agricultural sector.
• Regulating the quality of materials and plant seeds of the country.
• Implement the enforcement of the Pesticide poisoning in 1974 to ensure that imported, manufactured and sold in countries with high quality and its use does not cause harm to consumers, livestock, food crops and the environment.
• Implementing Quarantine Act 1976 for enforcement to prevent entry of foreign pests, harmful pests in the country and facilitate the export of plant products of the country to meet the quarantine regulations of the importing country.
• Implement enforcement of the Customs Order (Prohibition on Export) 1998 and the rules of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Species-species of Wild Animals and Plants of the Endangered Species Extinct) to ensure that the materials of endangered plants janaplasma not extinct.
• To establish linkages and collaboration with organizations in the public sector and private / foreign countries involved in the development, enforcement and agricultural trade.