1984 Laureate, Environment Malaysia, Born 1936 Thanks to
Malaysian agricultural engineer Thean Soo Tee, the severe
erosion affecting the tropical highlands of Mt. Kinabalu in the
State of Sabah has been reduced, and local farmers have
discovered a profitable new crop — asparagus, virtually unknown
in Malaysia a decade ago. Asparagus, with its dense root system
that holds the soil together, continues to flourish in regions
where Thean has initiated his planting techniques. days between
asparagus sprouting and harvesting, resulting in an extremely
marketable vegetable Mount Kinabalu farmers planting asparagus
and other vegetables as of 1996 elevation, in metres, at which
Mount Kinabalu's population lives