ALOR SETAR: The Malaysian Cocoa Board (LKM) plans to help farmers open an area of about 200 hectares for cocoa cultivation this year, says the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry.
It said in a statement on Sunday that 110 hectares of the land will be in Sabah, 80 hectares in the Peninsula and 10 hectares in Sarawak.
"The ministry continues to be committed to implementing programmes to boost cocoa production, among others by increasing the area of cultivation to ensure the survival of the country's cocoa sector," it said in the statement.
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