PUCHONG INTEGRATED FARM SECTION

INTRODUCTION OF PUCHONG INTEGRATED FARM DIVISION

 Ladang Puchong Division is a farm outside the main campus. It is located in Puchong which is behind Puchong Gateway and Sekolah Kebangsaan Saujana Puchong. This farm has an area of ​​162 hectares (400 acres) and is connected to SISFEC or known as Hutan Simpan Ayer Hitam.

The main activity of the division is the management of Crops, Freshwater Fish Livestock and supporting the field of teaching & research at UPM.  Crop management includes fruit crops and rare fruits. Livestock management involves aquaculture, especially freshwater fish.

In addition, there are several special projects that have been developed in the Puchong Farm area, namely the Solar Farm Project, the Forest Study Project (INTROP), the Eucaliptus Planting Project (INTROP), the Chicken Coop Project, the Kenaf Tree Planting Project and the INTAN@UPM IPR Project Cooperation from the Ministry . economy.

*Opened in 1973 by the University of Malaya

*Submitted to Universiti Putra Malaysia in 1974

*13 KM from the main campus

*2 KM from Putrajaya and Cyberjaya

*Next to Air Hitam forest reserve

*13 staff in total

 

WORK AREA @ PUCHONG FARM SECTION

This 162 hectare section is located in Lot 13854 Mukim Petaling, Puchong District. The area component is as follows:

a. 25 hectares of fruit.

b. 4 stone pools, 3 lining pools (land), 16 fiber tanks and 1 Ras system in the livestock section (akuakultur)

c. 60 Cage Pools and 50 Agricultural Plantation Houses for INTAN IPR Projects

d. An office building to accommodate staff, a section to store tractors and farm hardware and PPP staff quarters and control of the UPM Security Division are also provided.


FUNCTIONS

a. Become a centre for collecting tropical fruit gemplasma for local and international learning and research

b. Provides complete aquaculture training and research facilities for students and researchers

c. Providing basic infrastructure for student entrepreneurship in aquaculture, livestock and crops



RECOMMENDATION @ PUCHONG INCLUDER SECTION

This section helps in conducting practices.



INVESTIGATION

The department helps in providing a variety of facilities for professors and students to conduct their own research.



SERVICES

Providing areas and equipment for research by university students and professors

• Puchong's Crop Section
• Puchong's Aquaculture Unit

Updated:: 18/12/2025 [n_farrid]