KUALA LUMPUR: The Plantations and Commodities Ministry, via the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB), is in discussions with several agencies including the Ru...
: The Plantations and Commodities Ministry, via the Malaysian Rubber Board , is in discussions with several agencies including the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority , about the implementation of the smallholder consolidation initiative programme.
The discussions are to identify landowners who are unwilling or unable to cultivate their rubber crops so that they can be taken over and cultivated by the government via a lease system. “We will discuss taking the smallholders’ land, perhaps by way of leases. We will then employ rubber tappers with a fixed salary to work the land and share the profits with the landowners,“ he said, winding up the debate on the Supply Bill 2025 in the Dewan Rakyat today.
“We used to be the world’s number one rubber producer, but today we import almost 1.1 million tonnes a year, and the value is about RM6 billion. Whereas we have 1.1 million hectares of rubber plantations, of which 420,000 hectares are not tapped.
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