13/10/2026
๐๐๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ: ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฑ
โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ด๐ช๐ข ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ.โ
Prof. Dr. Chieh Hsu
Assistant Professor of Intercultural Competence
University of St.Gallen (SGI-HSG)
On 5th October 2026, Wild Asia collaborated with the Malaysian Palm Oil Council to host a Study Visit to Carey Island, Selangor, for 30 students from Singapore Management University (SMU) โ including exchange students from the Universitรคt St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland, accompanied by two lecturers.
The visit was part of MPOCโs EduPalm Programme โ an educational initiative that provides students and educators with a deeper understanding of Malaysiaโs palm oil industry.
During the half-day visit, students met Mah Meri independent smallholder Lijan Mahat, explored his oil palm farm and gained hands-on experience making enzyme fertilisers from kitchen waste.
The Mah Meri are one of 18 Orang Asli (indigenous peoples) groups living in Peninsular Malaysia, with a distinct Besiseโ language and sociocultural background.
Lijan, 36, is one of over 200 smallholders adopting regenerative farming practices through the Wild Asia Group Scheme (WAGS) BIO programme.
WAGS BIO helps farmers improve soil and tree health, enhance biodiversity, reduce dependence on chemical inputs and lower production costs.
For the students, the experience offered deeper insights on oil palm farming practices and sustainability.
โItโs very interesting to compare how farming is done in Malaysia versus Switzerland. What surprised me most is that bio-fertilisers are sufficient for farmers to grow their trees and produce oil palm,โ said Pascal Kappeler, an exchange student from the University of St. Gallen.
For fellow St. Gallen student Juliette Cretegny, the visit provided a broader perspective on sustainability across the palm oil value chain.
โLearning about the entire process to add value and seeing the impact of sustainability along the value chain was something I didn't know about and found really interesting.โ
Wild Asiaโs Study Visits connect classroom learning with the farmers, practices, and partnerships building a more sustainable and inclusive palm oil industry.
Find out more about Wild Asiaโs Study Visit Programme: https://spiral.wildasia.org/SPIRAL-Study-Visits
Learn more about WAGS BIO: https://bio.wildasia.org/
