The MARDI Static Exhibition Booth won the first placing in the 2008 MAHA Best Exhibition Competition under the Statutory Bodies/Government Agencies/Public Higher Learning Institutions' Category.
Yg Berhormat Dato' Mustapa bin Mohamed, Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry, presented the trophy and certificate to Yg Berbahagia Datuk Dr Abdul Shukor Abd Rahman, Director General of MARDI at the Closing Ceremony of MAHA 2008 on 23 August 2008.