PONTIAN: Teresa Kok told a group of oil palm smallholders that they should go into integrated farming, like growing fruits to supplement their income.
told a group of oil palm smallholders that they should go into integrated farming, like growing fruits to supplement their income.
She cited a case of integrated farming where an oil palm smallholder also has a fruit orchard and fish pond in his smallholding and doing well. Malaysian Palm Oil Board Integration Research and Extension Division director Dr Ramle Moslim had to step in to clear the air at the dialogue. The price of palm oil is a hot topic in the Tanjung Piai by-election as the commodity's prolonged low price has hit the predominantly agricultural constituency badly.In fact, Pakatan Harapan candidate Karmaine Sardini had courted controversy on the first day of campaigning when he said smallholders should be grateful when oil palm fruits are RM270 per tonne.
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