A delegation of the National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre, led by director general Prof. Dr. Csaba Gyuricza, visited the MAHA 2018 Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show 22-26 November, 2018. The National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre was established in 2014 and its research activities cover all areas of agriculture. The purpose of the visit was to expand the Centre’s network of partner institutions within the ASEAN region and seek cooperation opportunities and joint projects in various fields of the agriculture sector.

Besides having a site visit at the fair, the delegation had a courtesy visit with H.E. Yb. Dato' Salahuddin bin Ayub minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries and held a meeting with Datuk Dr. Mohamad Roff Bin Mohd Noor director general of the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute to discuss cooperation opportunities in the near future between the two institution. Furthermore, the delegation visited several universities’ faculty of agriculture during their stay in Kuala Lumpur.