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23,000 Sarawak Smallholders Licensed To Sell FFB
23,000 Sarawak Smallholders Licensed To Sell FFB
25/05/2015 (Bernama) - Some 23,000 smallholders in Sarawak are licensed to sell oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFB) as of April this year, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.
He said this involved 140,188 hectares of land cultivated with oil palm.
"In July 2014, when the Ops Sawit Kenyalang crackdown was launched to curb theft of FFB, only about 200 smallholders had the licence.
"Since then there was a rush for the licence. We are very strict now, all millers and collection centres must submit names of sellers of FFB each month the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)," he told reporters after handing over oil palm seedlings to farmers of the Kg Sg Alit Oil Palm Cluster in Simunjan, Sunday.
Also present was Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy Shukri, who is also the MP for Batang Sadong.
He said this involved 140,188 hectares of land cultivated with oil palm.
"In July 2014, when the Ops Sawit Kenyalang crackdown was launched to curb theft of FFB, only about 200 smallholders had the licence.
"Since then there was a rush for the licence. We are very strict now, all millers and collection centres must submit names of sellers of FFB each month the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)," he told reporters after handing over oil palm seedlings to farmers of the Kg Sg Alit Oil Palm Cluster in Simunjan, Sunday.
Also present was Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy Shukri, who is also the MP for Batang Sadong.