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KUALA LANGAT: Farmers who plant oil palm illegally on land that does not belong to them will not be allowed to sell their harvest, says Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali.
Mohd Khairuddin said his ministry will not issue them the licence required to sell the harvested oil palm.
“Illegal farming of oil palm has been going on for a long time now, and these people do it on the sly by planting on government land.
“But when the oil palm matures and is ready for harvesting after about three years, they will need a licence to sell and hence will face problems as we do not issue licences to farms that do not have ownership titles,’’ Dr Mohd Khairuddin told reporters at the Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) Industrial Vaccination Centre (PPVIN) in Olak Lempit, Banting near here.
SIMPANG RENGGAM: A new breed of oil palm is expected to be introduced by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) that will make it easier for smallholders to grow and harvest the produce.
Sunday, 25 Apr 2021 07:56 PM MYT
Palm oil fruit bunches sit on the ground at a weighing station in Kampung Bukit Hijau before being delivered to the palm oil factory in Sungai Tengi, Kuala Kubu Bharu March 14, 2018. Picture by Mukhriz Hazim
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KLUANG, April 25 The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) through the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is in the midst of producing a new variety of oil palm tree that will grow up to 20ft only to facilitate crop harvesting.
Its Deputy Minister Datuk Seri Wee Jeck Seng said although trees from the new variety will be shorter than the existing breed which could reach 40 to 50 ft, the quality of the fruit and oil produced are still the same.
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