The Ceremony for the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) Exchange for project research grant
industry between Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) represented by the Prof Dr. Loh Teck Chwen, Dean of
the Faculty of Agriculture and Mr. Ong Quan Yi, General Manager of Meng Kee Poultry (M) Sdn. Bhd.
With presence of Assoc. Prof Dr. Eric Lim, Head of Department of Animal Science, Dr. Tee Tuan Poy,
Project Leader, Associate Prof Dr. Tan Geok Hun, the co-researcher of this project and our distinguish
guest, Dr. Tang Siew Ching, Country QA Technical Manager of Meng Kee Poultry (M) Sdn. Bhd.
Meng Kee Poultry (M) Sdn. Bhd. is a company involved in the broiler business that has been
awarded the MyOrganik certificate, where the broilers are raised with probiotic nutrition fed throughout
growing period, without the use of antibiotics and coccidiostats so that it is safe for animals, humans and
the environment.

Meng Kee Poultry (M) Sdn. Bhd. is also a member to the KEE SONG Group, aiming to practice
Green and Environmental Friendly for achieving Sustainable Farming. In related to their aims, it’s been
grateful that Faculty of Agriculture, UPM to have a collaboration work with them on the topic of
GHG/carbon emissions, for achieving Sustainability and ESG state of the company.
This collaborative research project entitled “GHG Emissions in Otemchi Probiotic-Fed vs
Commercial-Fed and Manure-derived Biochar Mitigation for ESG framework in Malaysian Broiler
Production” will be carried out with Meng Kee Poultry (M) Sdn. Bhd. farms in Johor. The project will be led
by Dr. Tee Tuan Poy from Department of Animals Science, Dr. Tan Ngai Paing and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tan
Geok Hun as both co-researchers from Department of Land Management, Faculty of Agriculture, UPM.
The duration of this collaborative research project is for 36 months (commenced on November 1, 2024 to
October 31, 2027). Meng Kee Poultry (M) Sdn. Bhd. has financially allocated of RM80,727 in cash for this
research project that will be accounted into UPM’s Trust Account for the research activities within these
36 months duration.

This project aims to study the use of Otemchi probiotic supplements in organic broiler farms and
its comparison with commercial broiler feeding livestock in terms of the sustainability of greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions. A meta-genomic analysis of broiler faecal microbiota population will also be carried out.
As well as an evaluation of the efficiency of reducing GHG emissions between three types of carbon
sequestration methods, i.e. untreated original manure, compost and biochar production from manure will
be compared between probiotic and commercial feed farms.

Before this MoA, an experiment study and measuring the release of GHG and carbon intensity
with the Life Cycle Assessment method was carried out in a probiotic organic broiler chicken farm. The
research project will continue for next three years on the farm to monitor the effects of Otemchi probiotic
use and greenhouse gas emissions.
We hope that the results of this research will not only benefit Meng Kee Poultry (M) Sdn. Bhd.
and UPM but also have far-reaching implications for the entire poultry industry. It could potentially lead to
the adoption of more sustainable practices, reducing the environmental carbon footprint/ emission
intensity of poultry farming on an international scale.

Date of Input: 27/01/2025 | Updated: 27/01/2025 | wazien