After more than a decade carrying a firearm to safeguard national security, Hayword Losuil has taken a different path, turning his attention to safeguarding the country's food security as an agricultural entrepreneur, supplying bird's eye chillies to the community.

Admitting that it was not easy to take off the Malaysian Army uniform he had worn since 2008, the 38-year-old Sabahan said his deep passion for agriculture eventually strengthened his resolve to venture into a field closer to his heart.