KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 (Bernama) -- Agrobank today announced seven (7) winners (of the 7 categories) entrepreneurs in agribusiness who had shown greater commitment and success in bringing forward the agricultural industry at the Bank’s annual awards ceremony - Agrobank Agropreneur Awards (AAA) a showcase event to recognize entrepreneurs which demonstrated excellence in its business framework.
 
The awards ceremony was attended by YB Datuk Seri Salahuddin bin Ayub, Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry who gave away the awards to the winners and witnessed by Puan Khadijah Iskandar, covering President / Chief Executive Officer (P/CEO) of Agrobank.
 
About 300 guests consisting of the Bank’s strategic partners and agri-preneurs attended the awards that was held at the Istana Hotel Kuala Lumpur.
 
Puan Khadijah Iskandar, covering President / Chief Executive Officer (P/CEO) of Agrobank said, the award is part of the Bank’s initiatives to recognize outstanding entrepreneurs in the agri-business.
 
“Agriculture for Agrobank is part of business, farmers and fishermen are entrepreneurs who provide food for the people and the country. We believe their success stories will inspire others and highlight good prospects and potential in agri-business,” she said.
 
Agrobank was established in 1969 with the mandate of providing access to finance to spur the growth of the agricultural sector.  With this mandate, Agrobank is committed to creating value by providing financial needs to entrepreneurs, which will eventually help to grow communities which are in need for development.
 
“These values are in line with the initiatives of Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) value-based intermediation (VBI) which focuses on practices that will result in a better facilitation of entrepreneurship, community well-being, sustainable environment and economic growth,” said Puan Khadijah.
  
There are seven (7) categories of the awards (AAA); which are the Young Agropreneur Award, Micro Agropreneur Award, Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Agropreneur Award, Woman Agropreneur Award, Loyal Customer Award (Individual), Loyal Customer Award (Company) and Excellent Agropreneur Award (main).  The award recipients took home trophies, certificates and cash prizes amounting RM140,000. 
 
*Agropreneurs refers to entrepreneurs in agri-business; either in the upstream or downstream activities in agriculture.
  
About Agrobank
 
Agrobank was established in 1969 with a mandate to support the growth of agriculture sector in Malaysia. Agrobank is a Government-owned bank under the purview of the Minister of Finance Incorporated. Agrobank financing of the agricultural sector is driven by a policy set forth by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry (MOA).
 
As a DFI (Development Financial Institution) that focuses on strengthening the agriculture sector in Malaysia, Agrobank aims to balance its developmental and commercial roles to benefit the agriculture sector. Agrobank provides a comprehensive financing solution for agriculture; that includes upstream activities such as the supply of agricultural production inputs to downstream activities such as processing and selling of agricultural products to consumers
 
With 50 years of experience, Agrobank is actively shaping the country’s agricultural development across eight regions it operates, via 192 branches; offering products and services in the areas of corporate, commercial and micro financing as well as trade finance, personal financing, electronic banking and deposit & services. Agrobank is a full-fledged Islamic bank.
 
Produced by Strategic Communications  Department Agrobank

Source: Agrobank 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: 
Name: Ainul Rofidza Ibrahim
Tel: 03-2731 1600 (ext 2624) / 019-2258210 
Email: ainul.ibrahim@agrobank.com.my

Name: Budiotomo Othman
Tel: 03-2731 1600 (ext 1656) / 0 16-3504274 
Email: budiotomo@agrobank.com.my

Name: Rasheffa Abdul Rashid
Tel: 03-2731 1600 (ext 1650) / 019-2729907
Email: rasheffa@agrobank.com.my

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